The Take
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2025 in Review: How Elon Musk’s Trump alliance triggered backlash against Tesla
22 mins; December 23, 2025
2025 in Review: Why did Bad Bunny's anthem to Puerto Rico strike a global chord?
26 mins; December 22, 2025
2025 in Review: Rwanda, M23, and the battle for Goma
22 mins; December 21, 2025
Brief: Mediators say Israeli ceasefire violations threaten deal
6 mins; December 21, 2025
Another Take: What US tariffs mean for Shein and Temu shoppers
24 mins; December 19, 2025
What’s driving Cuba’s largest exodus in decades?
22 mins; December 18, 2025
Imani Barbarin on disability rights, COVID and the war on Gaza
23 mins; December 17, 2025
Bethlehem marks Christmas under shadow of Gaza war
23 mins; December 16, 2025
Will the Bondi Beach shooting change Australia’s gun laws?
23 mins; December 15, 2025
What does RSF capture of Heglig oilfield mean for Sudan’s war?
17 mins; December 14, 2025
Brief: Winter storm compounds misery of Gaza's displaced
5 mins; December 14, 2025
Another Take: Palestinian joy at the AFC Asian Cup
16 mins; December 12, 2025
Who will win the Warner Bros battle - Netflix or Paramount?
19 mins; December 11, 2025
Who was Israel-backed Gaza militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab?
22 mins; December 10, 2025
US-Venezuela military buildup tests Puerto Rico’s painful past
17 mins; December 09, 2025
Is Delhi's toxic smog making the city unlivable?
20 mins; December 08, 2025
One year after al-Assad’s fall, is a new Syria emerging?
22 mins; December 07, 2025
Brief: Israel says it will open Gaza border, but only to allow exits
5 mins; December 07, 2025
Another Take: What will happen to Afghanistan’s CIA-backed militias?
20 mins; December 05, 2025
Did Zuma’s daughter trick men into fighting for Russia?
21 mins; December 04, 2025
How close is the US to war with Venezuela?
22 mins; December 03, 2025
Why did it take months to free a US teen from Israeli prison?
23 mins; December 02, 2025
After a military coup, what is next for Guinea-Bissau?
21 mins; December 01, 2025
How Ukraine turned into the world’s drone testing lab
22 mins; November 30, 2025
Brief: Israel expands yellow line in Gaza, Kills at least 13 in Syria
5 mins; November 30, 2025
Another Take: Will the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire hold in Lebanon?
19 mins; November 28, 2025
Are 'Buy Now, Pay Later' platforms trapping people in debt?
23 mins; November 27, 2025
Is there a ‘Christian genocide’ in Nigeria?
23 mins; November 26, 2025
Tribal nations are getting their land back. Now what?
24 mins; November 25, 2025
Did the UN just outsource Israel’s occupation?
21 mins; November 24, 2025
Inside the rise of sports betting in the United States
24 mins; November 23, 2025
Brief: Israel kills at least 24 in Gaza, increases Syria operations
5 mins; November 23, 2025
Another Take: How Sheikh Hasina transformed Bangladesh
17 mins; November 21, 2025
How are Palestinians from Gaza ending up in South Africa?
24 mins; November 20, 2025
What’s in the files of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein?
24 mins; November 19, 2025
Is ICE in the US operating as secret police?
22 mins; November 18, 2025
Will Sheikh Hasina’s death sentence deepen Bangladesh's political divide?
18 mins; November 17, 2025
Will millions of Americans lose their health insurance?
23 mins; November 16, 2025
Brief: Palestinians sent to South Africa under mysterious conditions
5 mins; November 16, 2025
Another Take: Inside the West Bank’s surging settler violence
24 mins; November 14, 2025
Is the AI bubble about to pop?
22 mins; November 13, 2025
Did the US detain British journalist Sami Hamdi over Palestine?
22 mins; November 12, 2025
Why France is ready to pull the plug on Shein
22 mins; November 11, 2025
Why al-Qaeda’s Sahel branch is blocking fuel to Mali
23 mins; November 10, 2025
Inside the attempted cover-up of Israel’s Sde Teiman scandal
22 mins; November 09, 2025
Brief: Israel continues strikes on Southern Lebanon, Israel’s former military prosecutor under house arrest
5 mins; November 09, 2025
Another Take: The Course of the Forever Wars - Amnesia
28 mins; November 07, 2025
Why Mo Amer jokes to survive
24 mins; November 06, 2025
Is Zohran Mamdani ready to stand up to Donald Trump?
22 mins; November 05, 2025
The hidden cost of Trump’s tariffs
23 mins; November 04, 2025
What was behind Brazil’s deadliest police raid?
23 mins; November 03, 2025
Breaking Zionism’s trauma loop with Dr. Gabor Mate
26 mins; November 02, 2025
Brief: Unexploded bombs in Gaza, Lebanese army told to confront Israel
6 mins; November 02, 2025
Another Take: Will Vladimir Putin go nuclear?
22 mins; October 31, 2025
What does the fall of el-Fasher mean for Sudan?
23 mins; October 30, 2025
What will be the impact of Hurricane Melissa on Jamaica?
18 mins; October 29, 2025
What’s behind AIPAC’s partnership with Black US politicians?
21 mins; October 28, 2025
Japan’s Iron Lady meets Trump
24 mins; October 27, 2025
What the ceasefire feels like for Palestinians inside Israel
21 mins; October 26, 2025
Brief: US officials visit Israel, Settlers attack olive harvest
5 mins; October 26, 2025
Another Take: Nigerians speak out to #EndSARS
14 mins; October 24, 2025
AWS outage: Are we too dependent on Big Tech?
20 mins; October 23, 2025
Pakistan and the Taliban’s uneasy peace
21 mins; October 22, 2025
Why is Trump targeting antifa under terrorism laws?
25 mins; October 21, 2025
Inside Israel’s war of imprisonment against Palestinians
20 mins; October 20, 2025
Why is Israel still restricting aid to Gaza?
21 mins; October 19, 2025
Brief: Israel violates ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon
5 mins; October 19, 2025
Another Take: What a match in Amsterdam says about Israel’s future in football
20 mins; October 17, 2025
Will Madagascar’s coup overshadow its Gen Z revolution?
19 mins; October 16, 2025
Why the Nobel Peace Prize sparked fury in Caracas
20 mins; October 15, 2025
What Jared Kushner’s Middle East diplomacy means for Gaza
25 mins; October 14, 2025
Trump’s deal brought captives home. What’s next for Gaza?
22 mins; October 13, 2025
As Palestinians return to ruins, will Trump’s ceasefire hold?
25 mins; October 12, 2025
Brief: Palestinians hope for aid, return home as ceasefire holds
5 mins; October 12, 2025
Another Take: October 7 - Al Jazeera investigates
26 mins; October 10, 2025
Amid ceasefire, Omar El Akkad on the politics that betrayed Gaza
24 mins; October 09, 2025
What does life look like for Gaza, two years into a genocide?
21 mins; October 08, 2025
The objects Gaza’s women refused to leave behind
21 mins; October 07, 2025
Two years after October 7: Israel’s reckoning
24 mins; October 06, 2025
With Gaza in ruins, will US media name the crime?
24 mins; October 05, 2025
Brief: Israeli attacks continue as ceasefire talks start again
5 mins; October 05, 2025
Another Take: Two hurricanes in two weeks – life after Milton and Helene
22 mins; October 03, 2025
Why did the US government shut down?
21 mins; October 02, 2025
The US military’s MAGA makeover
22 mins; October 01, 2025
Why NYC’s Zohran Mamdani doesn’t fit racial boxes – and that’s the point
24 mins; September 30, 2025
How a livestreamed femicide rocked Argentina
21 mins; September 29, 2025
‘Alligator Alcatraz’: where are the missing detainees?
23 mins; September 28, 2025
Brief: Netanyahu at UN, Lebanon marks Nasrallah assassination
6 mins; September 28, 2025
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s high-stakes bid to remake Syria
19 mins; September 25, 2025
Inside the TikTok deal: the politics of the algorithm
23 mins; September 24, 2025
Why Eswatini said yes to US deportees
20 mins; September 23, 2025
Will Europe boycott Israel?
23 mins; September 22, 2025
What is the future of US dissent in the post-Charlie Kirk era?
23 mins; September 21, 2025
Brief: US veto on Gaza at UN, Palestinians take refuge in dumps
5 mins; September 21, 2025
Another Take: How Antifa hysteria took over the US
24 mins; September 20, 2025
The White House Peace Vigil is dismantled – why?
22 mins; September 18, 2025
How is China using AI in the classroom?
22 mins; September 17, 2025
Israel razes Gaza City as UN commission declares genocide
21 mins; September 16, 2025
Has France become ungovernable?
22 mins; September 15, 2025
After bombing Qatar, why did Israel strike Yemen?
21 mins; September 14, 2025