Is Everything We Thought We Knew About Russia Wrong? Is Everything We Thought We Knew About Russia Wrong?
Clinging to simplified narratives that mischaracterizes Russia as perpetually unreasonable has made productive US engagement with the country impossible.
Feb 22, 2016 / Reinvent
Start Making Sense: Who Is Hillary Clinton? Start Making Sense: Who Is Hillary Clinton?
Katha Pollitt and Gary Younge have some answers. Also, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his latest on the Indonesian genocide.
Feb 18, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Tony Kushner Channels Zona Gale Tony Kushner Channels Zona Gale
The award-winning dramatist Tony Kushner, a longtime Nation contributor, reads and comments on the novelist Zona Gale’s historic essay, “The United States and the Artist,” first pu...
Feb 17, 2016 / The Nation
The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War The Pope and the Russian Patriarch Have Ended Their 1,000-Year Cold War
The week of this historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill also witnessed dangerous developments in the US-Russian confrontation over Ukraine, Syria, and Turkey.
Feb 17, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Start Making Sense: The Secret to Bernie’s Startling Success Start Making Sense: The Secret to Bernie’s Startling Success
Plus: Rick Perlstein on Trump’s triumph and Jane Mayer on the Koch brothers.
Feb 11, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Escalating the Political Propaganda War v. Cooperation with Russia Escalating the Political Propaganda War v. Cooperation with Russia
In recent days, opponents of diminishing the most dangerous aspects of the new Cold War have assailed such possibilities—from Ukraine, Turkey, and Europe to Syria.
Feb 10, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Start Making Sense: How Bernie Went From Trailing by Double Digits to Tying in Iowa Start Making Sense: How Bernie Went From Trailing by Double Digits to Tying in Iowa
Plus our Super Bowl concussion preview with David Zirin.
Feb 4, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
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
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Sports Taught America That ‘Bigotry Is Not a Cool Thing’ Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Sports Taught America That ‘Bigotry Is Not a Cool Thing’
The sports legend sits down with The Nation’s Dave Zirin.
Jan 29, 2016 / The Nation
Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump
Plus Bill McKibben on climate change, and Anna Deavere Smith on Baltimore.
Jan 28, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener