More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War More Lost Opportunities to Diminish the New Cold War
Obama rejects a partnership with Russia against ISIS in Syria and reneges on his own proposals to reduce nuclear dangers while Ukraine’s President Poroshenko reneges on an agreemen...
Sep 7, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
An Alternate National Anthem An Alternate National Anthem
If you burn Colin Kaepernick’s jersey and love Muhammad Ali, you might be a hypocrite. So here’s something we can all sing.
Sep 2, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal The Green Party’s Jill Stein Wants a Green New Deal
Plus Katha Pollitt on burkinis, and Harold Meyerson on labor victories for Labor Day.
Sep 1, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State? What Is It Like to Be an Abortion Provider in an Anti-Choice State?
In Utah, Dr. Leah Torres has to contend with a slew of medically unsound regulations to care for her patients. And that’s before the death threats.
Aug 29, 2016 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter and Francis Reynolds
Gawker’s Total Knockout Gawker’s Total Knockout
How Gawker changed the game, and how they got taken out.
Aug 26, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
Why Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden Why Obama Should Pardon Edward Snowden
Seth Freed Wessler on the power of independent journalism, Amy Wilentz on Jared Kushner, and Ben Wizner on Edward Snowden.
Aug 25, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
More Alarming News From the Fronts of the New Cold War More Alarming News From the Fronts of the New Cold War
Finland may become yet another front, the war party may have defeated Obama on Syria policy, and dangerous desperation in Kiev.
Aug 24, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
‘Hot Sauce in Her Bag’: A Poem for Hillary Clinton ‘Hot Sauce in Her Bag’: A Poem for Hillary Clinton
Over the years, you can learn to appreciate slam poetry—much like Hillary Clinton.
Aug 19, 2016 / Khalid Rahmaan
The Woman Behind Trump The Woman Behind Trump
Amy Wilentz on Ivanka, plus Calvin Trillin on Mississippi in 1964, and Rosa Brooks on the militarization of everything.
Aug 18, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Cold-War Casualties From Ukraine and Syria to the New York Times’s ‘Standards’ Cold-War Casualties From Ukraine and Syria to the New York Times’s ‘Standards’
Factional politics may have killed Obama’s proposed détente with Russia and the Minsk peace process in Ukraine, while the Times publishes another gutter article—this one about Paul...
Aug 17, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen