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A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning fighter jet is shown at the Singapore Airshow in 2014

The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis The Pentagon Is Cashing In on the Ukraine Crisis

The new gold rush of defense spending is a disaster in the making.

Apr 19, 2022 / William D. Hartung and Julia Gledhill

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Tom Cotton, Legal Scholar Tom Cotton, Legal Scholar

Tom Cotton, a man with two Harvard degrees, attacked Ketanji Brown Jackson for representing a defendant accused of terrorism. —news reports Tom Cotton doesn’t seem to be aware That…

Apr 19, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Laura Rankin

Without Clinic Escorts, Abortion Would Be Even Harder to Access Without Clinic Escorts, Abortion Would Be Even Harder to Access

Lauren Rankin’s new book about abortion clinic escorts, Bodies on the Line, shows how much ordinary people can do to ensure that abortion is accessible in America.

Apr 19, 2022 / Q&A / Amy Littlefield

Nation Poetry

Couplets Couplets

I became myself. I became myself. No, I always was myself. There’s no such person as myself. I wouldn’t have to turn my eye inward, I thought, if I could train my eye on him—the on…

Apr 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Millner

The Many Lives of Billy Wilder

The Many Lives of Billy Wilder The Many Lives of Billy Wilder

From Galicia to Berlin to Paris and eventually to Hollywood, the prolific director and screenwriter never let go of what proved to be his most formative experience: being in a stat...

Apr 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg

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“The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration “The Great Resignation” Is a Great Exaggeration

Workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers, but it’s not a turning point for labor power.

Apr 18, 2022 / Ann Larson

Outgunned

Outgunned Outgunned

Ukrainian youth.

Apr 18, 2022 / OppArt / Meilin Huang

“Multiple Things Can Be True”: Understanding the Roots of Anti-Asian Violence

“Multiple Things Can Be True”: Understanding the Roots of Anti-Asian Violence “Multiple Things Can Be True”: Understanding the Roots of Anti-Asian Violence

A conversation with public defender Jason Wu, who says if we do not learn from history, we risk misdiagnosing the problems—and applying remedies that will continue to fail us.

Apr 18, 2022 / Q&A / Panthea Lee

Military personnel carry flags

America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall America’s Militarism Will Be Its Downfall

Unapologetic and unembarrassed by its string of recent failures, the war party is once again climbing back into the saddle.

Apr 18, 2022 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women

Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women Sex, Death, and Empire: The Roots of Violence Against Asian Women

The line from America’s earliest empire in the Philippines to Japan, Korea, Vietnam—and anti-Asian violence at home—is straight, clear, and written in blood.

Apr 18, 2022 / Feature / Panthea Lee

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