How Can We Ensure Survival in a New Era of Nuclear Brinkmanship? How Can We Ensure Survival in a New Era of Nuclear Brinkmanship?
The era of amnesia is over—if we needed a wake-up call, the North Korean ICBM test supplied it with a vengeance.
Jul 14, 2017 / Michael T. Klare
Trump’s Trojan Horse Trump’s Trojan Horse
Homer didn’t live long enough To tell of Trump’s White House Which is his Trojan horse From which all the President’s men Burst out to destroy democracy And install corporations As…
Jul 13, 2017 / Lawrence Ferlinghetti
I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse I Tried to Use My Privilege to Defend a Stranger From Racism—and I Might Have Made the Situation Worse
And a reader with radical dreams is trapped in a lame nonprofit job.
Jul 13, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
Wait, You Want Health Insurance Companies to Cover Sick People? Wait, You Want Health Insurance Companies to Cover Sick People?
But how’s that profitable?
Jul 11, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Venus Williams, a Car Accident, and the Outrageous Police Response Venus Williams, a Car Accident, and the Outrageous Police Response
The tennis legend was publicly blamed for a man’s death, only to be exonerated thanks to TMZ. Something is wrong with this picture.
Jul 10, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Democrats Must Become America’s Anti-Gerrymandering Party Democrats Must Become America’s Anti-Gerrymandering Party
The opposition party should embrace a sweeping reform agenda that embraces the promise of voting rights, competitive elections, and genuinely representative democracy.
Jul 6, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Claims to Relieve Taxpayers—but It’s a Sleight of Hand Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Claims to Relieve Taxpayers—but It’s a Sleight of Hand
Privatization will cost all of us.
Jun 30, 2017 / Bryce Covert
The GOP Health-Care Bill Isn’t Dead Yet The GOP Health-Care Bill Isn’t Dead Yet
A delay in the Senate doesn’t mean Republicans have given up.
Jun 28, 2017 / The Nation
Trump’s Election Win Is Already Being Felt on the Supreme Court Trump’s Election Win Is Already Being Felt on the Supreme Court
Neil Gorsuch looks to be just as conservative as Scalia—and if Trump gets to replace Kennedy, the Court will be as conservative as it’s been in a century.
Jun 28, 2017 / David Cole
The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained The Republican Health-Care Plan Explained
“Oh come on, we don’t need affordable health care. People can always go to the emergency room!”
Jun 27, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow