Why Have I (Almost) Always Voted for the Male Candidate? Why Have I (Almost) Always Voted for the Male Candidate?
I’ve had many chances to cast a ballot for a woman in primary races. I had plenty of reasons why I shouldn’t.
Feb 4, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Obama Administration Has Just Recklessly Escalated Its Military Confrontation With Russia The Obama Administration Has Just Recklessly Escalated Its Military Confrontation With Russia
The Pentagon’s announcement that it will quadruple US-NATO military forces in countries on or near Russia’s borders pushes the new Cold War toward actual war, possibly even a nucle...
Feb 3, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why Haitians Are Chanting ‘Down with Obama’ Why Haitians Are Chanting ‘Down with Obama’
They’re enraged at American complicity in the Haitian government’s blatant effort to rig the presidential election.
Jan 27, 2016 / James North
The United States Is Waging 2 Contradictory Wars in Syria The United States Is Waging 2 Contradictory Wars in Syria
Our funding and support are simultaneously aiming to topple Assad, and to destroy ISIS—and those goals are in conflict.
Jan 26, 2016 / James Carden
Why Is Hillary Clinton Using Republican Talking Points to Attack Bernie Sanders? Why Is Hillary Clinton Using Republican Talking Points to Attack Bernie Sanders?
In a troubling failure of imagination, her campaign paints Sanders as naive for wanting to pursue better relations with Iran.
Jan 25, 2016 / Ali Gharib
Were the Media Unfair to Hillary Clinton in 2008? Were the Media Unfair to Hillary Clinton in 2008?
Guess who’s making that claim now.
Jan 25, 2016 / Joan Walsh
Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice Barack Obama’s Irrefutable Victory for Racial Justice
With at least one policy, the president has achieved something that almost never occurs.
Jan 22, 2016 / Algernon Austin
The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics The Seductive Danger of Symbolic Politics
Symbols, as powerful as they can be, are largely a distraction.
Jan 21, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Here’s Why the US Is Stepping Up the Deportation of Central Americans Here’s Why the US Is Stepping Up the Deportation of Central Americans
Many liberals have found the policy inexplicably brutal, coming from a president who often telegraphs his humanity.
Jan 21, 2016 / Greg Grandin
This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union This Climate Victory Was Buried in Obama’s State of the Union
President Obama said he’ll ‘‘push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.”
Jan 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter