The Take
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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
Brief: Qatar hosting summit, Palestinians returning to Gaza City
5 mins; September 14, 2025
Another Take: Deadly pager attacks leave Lebanon in shock
17 mins; September 12, 2025
What Charlie Kirk’s death says about political division in the US
22 mins; September 11, 2025
Why is Gen Z protesting in Nepal?
21 mins; September 10, 2025
Why did Israel strike Doha?
18 mins; September 09, 2025
Can the UN stand up to Donald Trump on Palestine?
20 mins; September 08, 2025
Inside the Haitian hospital on the front line of war
20 mins; September 07, 2025
Brief: Israel leveling Gaza City, Hind Rajab film wins award
5 mins; September 07, 2025
Another Take: The story of Hind Rajab
24 mins; September 05, 2025
After the earthquake: what lies ahead for Afghanistan?
24 mins; September 04, 2025
Will Lebanon disarm Hezbollah?
22 mins; September 03, 2025
What does survival look like inside Gaza City?
24 mins; September 02, 2025
Why is Bangladesh saying it can no longer host Rohingya?
22 mins; September 01, 2025
Is US healthcare still using racist medical practices?
18 mins; August 31, 2025
Brief: Israel kills more journalists, UN to end Lebanon mission
5 mins; August 31, 2025
Another Take: What led to the assassination of a Colombian politician?
22 mins; August 29, 2025
How Israeli spy veterans are shaping US big tech
22 mins; August 28, 2025
Why are US warships going to Venezuela?
23 mins; August 27, 2025
Why is Trump going after the Smithsonian museums?
23 mins; August 26, 2025
Famine has been declared in Gaza. Will anything change?
20 mins; August 25, 2025
How did Lula da Silva cut Amazon deforestation in half?
23 mins; August 24, 2025
Brief: UN monitor declares Gaza famine as Israel advances in Gaza city
5 mins; August 24, 2025
Another Take: Why hasn't Pakistan recovered from its catastrophic floods?
20 mins; August 22, 2025
Why are Sudanese refugees returning home despite the civil war?
23 mins; August 21, 2025
What’s behind Israel’s ground push into Gaza City?
23 mins; August 20, 2025
Why did Trump deploy the National Guard in Washington, DC?
22 mins; August 19, 2025
Twitch to politics: Hasan Piker on Gaza and the US right-wing
23 mins; August 18, 2025
The children abandoned by South Korea’s adoption policy
21 mins; August 17, 2025
Brief: Starvation in Gaza continues, New settlement announced
5 mins; August 17, 2025
Why is Trump meeting Putin in Alaska?
21 mins; August 14, 2025
Why countries back Palestinian statehood but arm Israel
23 mins; August 13, 2025
What is the future of journalism in Gaza?
21 mins; August 12, 2025
Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza again. Who will bear witness?
23 mins; August 11, 2025
When AI agents take the lead, do humans lose control?
23 mins; August 10, 2025
Brief: Israeli plans for Gaza City, Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah
6 mins; August 10, 2025
Another Take: In Tanzania, the Maasai may lose their land – again
22 mins; August 08, 2025
Can Brazil convict Bolsonaro and stand up to Trump?
22 mins; August 07, 2025
The witnesses of the first nuclear bomb
23 mins; August 06, 2025
What Trump's tariffs mean for Shein and Temu shoppers
23 mins; August 05, 2025
Investigating Sheikh Hasina’s final days in Bangladesh
50 mins; August 04, 2025
From Amazon to the Gaza flotilla: the journey of an activist
24 mins; August 04, 2025
Targeted, killed, starved: journalists struggle in Gaza
23 mins; August 03, 2025
Brief: US envoy visits Gaza, Hezbollah refuses to disarm
6 mins; August 03, 2025
Another Take: Will Lebanon ever see justice for the Beirut port blast?
21 mins; August 01, 2025
Beat the press: why Netanyahu sat down with the Nelk Boys
25 mins; July 31, 2025
Trump’s “Woke AI” ban: can AI be free of bias?
22 mins; July 30, 2025
Why a so-called ‘honor’ killing in Pakistan has sparked national outrage
19 mins; July 29, 2025
What is the conflict between Thailand and Cambodia?
23 mins; July 28, 2025
Gaza’s starvation crisis: when will it end?
22 mins; July 27, 2025
Brief: Starvation deaths mount in Gaza, Israel intercepts Handala
4 mins; July 27, 2025
Another Take: Why are Bangladesh students protesting?
18 mins; July 25, 2025
Why the US is collecting DNA from migrants
24 mins; July 24, 2025
Has media freedom in the US collapsed?
23 mins; July 23, 2025
Settlers killed US citizen Sayf Musallet. Will there be justice?
22 mins; July 22, 2025
How the gentrification crisis is hitting Mexico City
22 mins; July 21, 2025
What do mass ICE raids mean for migrant farmworkers?
21 mins; July 20, 2025
Brief: Ceasefire in south Syria, Gaza students sit for exams
5 mins; July 20, 2025
Another Take: What can humanity do about heatwaves?
19 mins; July 18, 2025
Why is Taiwan training for war with China?
20 mins; July 17, 2025
Canary Mission: how has the site been used to target pro-Palestine activists?
20 mins; July 16, 2025
Why is Israel escalating its strikes against Syria?
20 mins; July 15, 2025
Eating our way out of climate collapse
17 mins; July 14, 2025
Why are Afghan refugees being sent back to Taliban rule?
21 mins; July 13, 2025
Brief: US citizen killed in Occupied West Bank, north Gaza bombed
5 mins; July 13, 2025
Another Take: Why is Mexico City running out of water?
19 mins; July 11, 2025
Can Trump strip Musk, Mamdani and others of their US citizenship?
22 mins; July 10, 2025
Is direct action for Palestine 'terrorism'? The UK says it is
20 mins; July 09, 2025
What would happen if coral reefs disappeared?
21 mins; July 08, 2025
Netanyahu meets Trump: could a Gaza ceasefire deal emerge?
21 mins; July 07, 2025
Why is drought-hit Brazil saying yes to AI data centers?
22 mins; July 06, 2025
Brief: Ceasefire talks in Doha, US contractors used live fire in Gaza
5 mins; July 06, 2025
Another Take: Capturing Algeria’s fight for liberation
24 mins; July 04, 2025
Will police brutality end in Kenya as protests reignite?
20 mins; July 03, 2025
Is ChatGPT hurting our critical thinking skills?
22 mins; July 02, 2025
Can the DRC-Rwanda deal deliver peace?
24 mins; July 01, 2025
How is the US Supreme Court giving Trump more power?
23 mins; June 30, 2025
How can Iranians rebuild while crackdowns intensify?
22 mins; June 29, 2025
Brief: Iran and Israel reach a ceasefire, seven Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza
5 mins; June 29, 2025
Another Take: Why Bangladeshi students say protests aren’t over
20 mins; June 27, 2025
How Zohran Mamdani shocked New York
23 mins; June 26, 2025
While the world watched Iran and Israel, what happened in Gaza?
22 mins; June 25, 2025
Will Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire really hold?
22 mins; June 24, 2025
What is Iran’s right to resist regime change?
25 mins; June 23, 2025
After Donald Trump bombs Iran, what comes next?
23 mins; June 22, 2025
Brief: US strikes Iran, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil released
6 mins; June 22, 2025
Another Take: Revisiting the Boeing 737 Max
18 mins; June 20, 2025
MAGA is split over Israel and Iran. Which way will Trump go?
24 mins; June 19, 2025
What led to the attempted assassination of a Colombian politician?
21 mins; June 18, 2025
Why US troops are concerned about Trump’s deployment
22 mins; June 17, 2025
How close are Iran and Israel to full-scale war?
21 mins; June 16, 2025
How ICE raids echo US wars abroad, with Viet Thanh Nguyen
25 mins; June 15, 2025
Brief: Israel attacks Iran, Palestinians attacked at aid site
6 mins; June 15, 2025
Why is Israel attacking Iran now?
24 mins; June 13, 2025
Can ChatGPT be your therapist?
25 mins; June 12, 2025
Why did Trump deploy the National Guard to Los Angeles?
22 mins; June 11, 2025
Was hope of aid for Gaza seized with the Freedom Flotilla?
20 mins; June 10, 2025
Can Europe’s music festivals break from pro-Israel funders?
22 mins; June 09, 2025