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 Was the Collapse of US-Russia Relations Inevitable?

Was the Collapse of US-Russia Relations Inevitable? Was the Collapse of US-Russia Relations Inevitable?

How US hubris and Russian paranoia undermined partnership.

Aug 22, 2023 / Feature / Thomas Graham

What Was Digital Media?

What Was Digital Media? What Was Digital Media?

Ben Smith’s Traffic charts the boom and bust of a new age of online journalism.

Aug 22, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Lozano

houses, neighborhood destroyed by lahaina hawaii fires

A Dispatch From the Heart of Lahaina: Relief Is Not Enough A Dispatch From the Heart of Lahaina: Relief Is Not Enough

Justice demands a return of control over public resources like land and water to the people of Hawai'i.

Aug 21, 2023 / Kaniela Ing

Lights, Cameras, Indictments!

Lights, Cameras, Indictments! Lights, Cameras, Indictments!

Ex-president, future inmate?

Aug 21, 2023 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes, Clay Bennett, and Ron Hauge

Former Senator Phil Gramm (R-Tex.) as his hero, Ebenezer Scrooge.

Republicans Are Gaslighting Us on Poverty Republicans Are Gaslighting Us on Poverty

Claims that poverty in America has been eliminated, and that “idleness” is the only barrier to a life of middle-class comfort, would be funny—if they weren’t so dangerous.

Aug 21, 2023 / Brad Swanson

President Biden Delivers Remarks On The Inflation Reduction Act

Is Bidenomics Ready for the Campaign Trail? Is Bidenomics Ready for the Campaign Trail?

The president is touting the strength of the economy in his reelection campaign. But there's no guarantee voters will bite.

Aug 21, 2023 / Chris Lehmann

Where there was once water in abundance, there is now just the dry, cracked, exposed lake bed.

The Great Salt Lake Is Becoming Too Salty to Support Life The Great Salt Lake Is Becoming Too Salty to Support Life

From brine flies to brine shrimp to eared grebes to pronghorn and buffalo, the lake supports an exquisite ecosystem whose collapse is literally making people sick.

Aug 21, 2023 / Feature / Katharine S. Walter

Abandoned buildings in The Bronx.

The Persistence of American Poverty The Persistence of American Poverty

“We could afford to end poverty,” Matthew Desmond tells us. That we don’t is a choice.

Aug 21, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Marcia Chatelain

An Israeli waves a US flag during a protest against the government's judicial overhaul on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

Cutting US Aid to Israel Doesn't Go Nearly Far Enough Cutting US Aid to Israel Doesn't Go Nearly Far Enough

Washington’s ability to pressure Israel using money has long since disappeared. Progressives need to aim much higher.

Aug 21, 2023 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa

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