The Week’s Most Interesting Reads

Disgraceful pardons: dishonoring our honorable. Pauline Shanks Kaurin and Bradley Strawser explain why the president’s interventions in the cases of accused and convicted war criminals are so harmful and insulting.

Bloomberg’s record of hawkishness. Mehdi Hasan details Mike Bloomberg’s awful foreign policy record.

Will Bougainville’s referendum lead to independence? Catherine Wilson reports on the situation in eastern Paupa New Guinea ahead of an expected pro-independence vote in the region.