Biden’s Potential Next Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil Biden’s Potential Next Climate Adviser Has Ties to Big Oil
Deputy adviser Ali Zaidi spent the Trump years at law firms that represented fossil fuel companies and private equity giants profiteering from the climate crisis.
May 17, 2022 / Aída Chávez
How Economic Sanctions Shaped Today’s Global Powers How Economic Sanctions Shaped Today’s Global Powers
A conversation with Nicholas Mulder on the evolution and history of sanctions, his new book The Economic Weapon, and the role sanctions play after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
May 17, 2022 / Q&A / Pablo Pryluka
To the Hypocrite Go the Spoils To the Hypocrite Go the Spoils
Mitch McConnell refused to schedule hearings on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on the novel rationale that a presidential election was too close, and he the…
May 17, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Sea According to Rachel Carson The Sea According to Rachel Carson
Her first three books were odes to the world’s bodies of water and their creative power over all life forms.
May 17, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold
The War on the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party The War on the Progressive Wing of the Democratic Party
Corporate interests are coming for the millions of progressive voters who joined with the center left to elect Joe Biden and a Democratic Congress.
May 16, 2022 / Jeff Weaver
The Ideas Behind the Buffalo Massacre Are Now Mainstream on the Right The Ideas Behind the Buffalo Massacre Are Now Mainstream on the Right
Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, Elise Stefanik: They’ve all revved-up loons who hate Jews, people of color, and immigrants, and some want to kill.
May 16, 2022 / Joan Walsh
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre
Two opportunists demonstrate the triumph of Trumpist racism and conspiracy theories.
May 16, 2022 / Jeet Heer
Courting Disaster Courting Disaster
Never Again, Again??
May 16, 2022 / Sue Coe, Tjeerd Royaards, and Andrea Arroyo
How the War Came to Kalynivka How the War Came to Kalynivka
These refugees from Luhansk thought they were leaving the carnage behind. Instead, it followed them west, making the path to recovery long and uncertain.
May 16, 2022 / Leif Reigstad
Frozen Between Two Languages Frozen Between Two Languages
For Asian Americans, the fear of violence is real. Because of an incident six years ago, I'm still worried whenever my grandpa goes out alone.
May 16, 2022 / StudentNation / Seohee Jung