This Thanksgiving, It’s OK to Not Feel Thankful This Thanksgiving, It’s OK to Not Feel Thankful
While many of us may have much to be thankful for, many of us are also in pain.
Nov 22, 2018 / Joe Sanberg
What Was the Real Midterm Victory? What Was the Real Midterm Victory?
The Democratic Party is used to writing off much of the electorate. It can’t get away with that anymore.
Nov 21, 2018 / Column / Kai Wright
America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion
Not to mention 240,000 civilian deaths and 21 million displaced. And yet a congressional commission is urging yet more money for a bloated Pentagon.
Nov 21, 2018 / William D. Hartung
The United States Is Militarizing the Globe The United States Is Militarizing the Globe
Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the US military prepares for worldwide combat.
Nov 21, 2018 / Danny Sjursen
Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War
Washington’s attempt to “isolate Putin’s Russia” has failed and had the opposite effect.
Nov 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
How Democrats Won in the White-Hot Heart of the Republican Right How Democrats Won in the White-Hot Heart of the Republican Right
Gustavo Arellano on Orange County, L.A. Kauffman on protest, and Andrew Delbanco on the history of fugitive slaves.
Nov 21, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans How the ‘Natural Family’ Movement Brought Its War of Values to the Balkans
Populist leaders with an increasingly autocratic bent are finding that it pays to jump on this ultraconservative bandwagon.
Nov 21, 2018 / Claudia Ciobanu
The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream The Long, Entwined History of America First and the American Dream
A new history shows that these expressions were originally used in ways that are significantly different from our current understanding of them.
Nov 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kevin M. Kruse
9 Lessons From the 2018 Midterms 9 Lessons From the 2018 Midterms
Progressives made significant gains, but now they need to organize bigger, better, and smarter.
Nov 21, 2018 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Marijuana Comes to Coalinga Marijuana Comes to Coalinga
The weed business promised to save this struggling California town. So far, it’s been a bust.
Nov 21, 2018 / Feature / Rozina Ali