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Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyoming.

If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father If Liz Cheney’s Assigning Blame for an “Epic Failure” in Afghanistan, She Can Start With Her Father

Dick Cheney created the mess Joe Biden is cleaning up.

Aug 17, 2021 / John Nichols

US Marines in Afghanistan

Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In Rather Than Focus on How the US Got Out of Afghanistan, Focus on How It Got In

There should be a serious accounting for the Afghanistan debacle.

Aug 17, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Joe Manchin West Virginia Can't Wait

West Virginia Activists Are Coming for Joe Manchin West Virginia Activists Are Coming for Joe Manchin

The senator dared progressives to vote him out. They’re taking him up on it.

Aug 17, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Governor Cuomo Resigns

Governor Cuomo Resigns Governor Cuomo Resigns

Eleven women accused Cuomo of sexual assault and harassment.

Aug 17, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic

Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic Public Education Is Set Up to Fail in the Pandemic

A crisis looms over school reentry. Chronic underinvestment threatens to make it that much worse.

Aug 17, 2021 / StudentNation / Melody Schreiber

US First Lady Laura Bush visits Afghanistan

White Feminists Wanted to Invade White Feminists Wanted to Invade

Afghan women never asked for US air strikes.

Aug 17, 2021 / Rafia Zakaria

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Whatever, Voice of Reason Whatever, Voice of Reason

From climate change to the Delta variant, too bad there’s nothing we can do!

Aug 17, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Smog In Los Angeles

Mythos and Cliché: The Fractured History of Los Angeles Mythos and Cliché: The Fractured History of Los Angeles

Learning from and reckoning with the stories writers tell about a world-historical city. 

Aug 17, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kate Wolf

President Joe Biden addressing the nation on Afghanistan withdrawal

As Afghanistan Falls, Biden Is Steadfast in His Decision to Withdraw As Afghanistan Falls, Biden Is Steadfast in His Decision to Withdraw

The hawkish senator who became the dovish vice president inherited a terrible but predictable decision. He was right to stick with it.

Aug 16, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season

Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season Assassination, Earthquake, and Storms: Haiti’s Plague Season

For Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, the weekend’s earthquake is virtually a gift from God.

Aug 16, 2021 / Amy Wilentz

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