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How Economic Sanctions Shaped Today’s Global Powers

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 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

Stormy Sea Breaking on a Shore, by J.M.W. Turner

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 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

Police officer outside grocery store shooting site in Buffalo

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 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 Courting Disaster

Never Again, Again??

May 16, 2022 / Sue Coe, Tjeerd Royaards, and Andrea Arroyo

In Kalynivka on March 24

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

Korean and English

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

Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts

Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts Democrats Must Become As Brave and Righteous as Abortion-Clinic Escorts

To win back abortion rights, Democrats need to learn how to fight the moral battle being waged by anti-abortion theocrats—something clinic escorts do every day.

May 16, 2022 / Elie Mystal

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