After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken? After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken?
Mission unaccomplished—and lessons unlearned.
Mar 30, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Portrait of Leonard Cohen as a Young Artist A Portrait of Leonard Cohen as a Young Artist
A posthumous collection of early fiction, A Ballet of Lepers, chronicles how, in fits and starts, the singer came to understand the art of storytelling.
Mar 30, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Sam Sodomsky
We Still Don’t Know Why Russia Invaded Ukraine We Still Don’t Know Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
From the beginning, the war has thoroughly confounded military mavens and experts on Russia and Ukraine.
Mar 30, 2023 / Rajan Menon
On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape
Civilians in border villages have been nervously going about their daily lives while trying to survive the never-ending threat of Russian attacks.
Mar 30, 2023 / Leif Reigstad
Fossil Fuel Companies Are Donating Millions to Skew University Research Fossil Fuel Companies Are Donating Millions to Skew University Research
A new report from Data for Progress and Fossil Free Research examines the influence Big Oil and other polluters have in higher education.
Mar 30, 2023 / StudentNation / Abby Saks and Phoebe Barr
Mike Pence Is Running Against Mike Pence Mike Pence Is Running Against Mike Pence
As he resists testifying about January 6, the guy who wants to be president shows his utter spinelessness.
Mar 30, 2023 / Joan Walsh
Israeli Protesters Say They’re Defending Freedom. Palestinians Know Better. Israeli Protesters Say They’re Defending Freedom. Palestinians Know Better.
The judiciary that protesters say protects their freedom is a key architect of the apartheid regime that has stolen so much freedom from Palestinians.
Mar 30, 2023 / Mohammed El-Kurd
Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting Republicans Want You to Forget Their Complicity in the Nashville Shooting
Conservatives want to make the massacre about trans people or religion—anything but the blood-soaked murder factory they’ve forced us all to live in.
Mar 29, 2023 / Elie Mystal
Theodora Smiley Lacey, Civil Rights Activist Theodora Smiley Lacey, Civil Rights Activist
She helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott, fought for voting rights and fair housing, and helped lead the effort to integrate schools in New Jersey.
Mar 29, 2023 / OppArt / Eileen Burgess
Disability Is Always Someone Else’s Problem Disability Is Always Someone Else’s Problem
Why I’m not celebrating Disabilities Awareness Month.
Mar 29, 2023 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee