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Northern Ireland
May 23, 2019
Katy Fallon
What It’s Like to Live Under an Abortion Ban
Northern Irish women are still restricted by legislation crafted in 1861.
December 13, 2018
Alexis Papazoglou
Just Hold Another Referendum
There's nothing democratic about forcing through a Brexit deal that voters in 2016 probably wouldn't have approved.
November 29, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Milkman Is a Tale of The Troubles, Told Deep From Within
Anna Burns's Booker-winning novel takes on teenage girlhood, sectarian violence, and history's nameless actors.
September 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
The British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland knows very little about Northern Ireland.
July 5, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Nick Laird Is Getting Free
His new novel asks: What happens when everyday life is overloaded with political significance?
June 9, 2017
Jeet Heer
Theresa May’s desperation could undo peace in Northern Ireland.
June 24, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Is Brexit the beginning of the end of the United Kingdom?
June 8, 2015
Molly Smith
The Problem With the "Swedish Model" for Sex Work Laws
May 9, 2014
Jason Walsh
Northern Ireland's Troubles Are Over. But That Doesn't Mean I Am at Peace.
Gerry Adams's arrest awakens a journalist's awful childhood memories
December 21, 2012
David Thomson
"Zero Dark Thirty" Has All the Depth of a John Wayne Movie
November 1, 2012
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
Should The New York Times' New President Pay a Price for the BBC Sex-Abuse Scandal?
August 2, 2012
Fintan O'Toole
The Multiple Hero
April 21, 2011
James Kirchick
Minsk Rumors
March 22, 2011
The Editors
Move Over, Muammar
September 20, 2010
Martin Peretz
The Middle East Is Not Northern Ireland
March 14, 2010
Martin Peretz
Irish Eyes Are Not Smiling. At Least In Northern Ireland They're Not. George Mitchell’s Frosty Legacy.
January 29, 2010
Martin Peretz
Unsentimental Education
October 28, 2009
Michael Tomasky
In the Tank
October 11, 2009
Martin Peretz
Now that George Mitchell is Negotiating Between Israel and the Palestinians, Hillary Has Been Assigned the Irish. I Thought the Irish Question Had Been Solved ... by George Mitchell!

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