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Noam Chomsky is one of the most cited living intellectuals, described by The New York Times as “arguably the most important intellectual alive,” and widely regarded as the father of modern linguistics. Author of numerous influential works, including Manufacturing Consent, Hegemony or Survival, and Who Rules the World?, Chomsky has shaped both linguistic theory and [...]

JURIST Senior Editor for Long Form Content Pitasanna Shanmugathas interviews Vijay Prashad, Executive Director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, chief editor of LeftWord Books, and author of forty books including Washington Bullets, Red Star Over the Third World and The Darker Nations: A People’s History of the Third World. In this interview, Prashad delves [...]

Signed by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025, the executive order titled “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats” lays the foundation for yet another discriminatory policy targeting individuals from predominantly Muslim and Arab nations. This directive mirrors the controversial 2017 Muslim Ban, granting the [...]

In this interview with Marilena Stegbauer, a fellow of the McCain Institute Global Leaders Program and friend of Venezuelan opposition figure Jesús Armas, speaks with James Joseph, JURIST Managing Editor for Long-Form Content, on Armas’  forcible disappearance following his abduction by the Maduro regime. Marilena underscores his connections to global institutions and the urgent need [...]

After sundown Friday, a new crack appeared in the wall of America’s rule of law. A wall that protected us for two and a half centuries, but that’s showing signs of strain. It is axiomatic that corrupt governments eliminate those responsible for policing corruption. The Friday night massacre of over a dozen inspectors general across [...]

On December 1, President Joseph Biden announced a pardon for his son, Hunter Biden, on charges of gun and tax violations, reversing his pledge not to pardon him if convicted. In his statement, the president wrote: Today, I signed a pardon for my son Hunter … The charges in his cases came about only after [...]

US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger testified on Wednesday before the Senate Rules and Administration Committee that over 50 Members of Congress have been victims of swatting attacks over the past month. The Capitol’s police chief also reported that 700 members have faced threats in the same time frame. The incidents highlight growing security [...]

In this occasional series of dispatches and commentaries, JURIST staff and correspondents from around the world reflect on the implications of Donald Trump’s US election victory and some of its likely implications for their regions. In this dispatch, Conor Doran, a JURIST staffer at University College Cork School of Law in Ireland, offers his perspective.  [...]

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi denied US charges Saturday alleging Iran’s involvement in a plot to assassinate president-elect Donald Trump before the US presidential election. According to the charges announced by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, Iranian national Farhad Shakeri, 51, was tasked by the Iranian government with surveilling and plotting [...]

The US Department of Justice Friday unsealed criminal charges related to an alleged thwarted Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump prior to this week’s presidential election. According to a criminal complaint in a Manhattan federal court, an unnamed official from Iran’s Revolutionary Guard instructed Farjad Shakeri in September to develop a surveillance and assassination [...]