Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics Colleges Are Spending 7 Times More on Athletics Than They Are on Academics
It’s time to stop and ask where your money is going—and why.
Oct 15, 2015 / Brave New Films
High Noon Over Syria High Noon Over Syria
Are the US and Russia gearing up for another proxy war?
Oct 15, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria The New Cold War Is Now Being Waged on Three Fronts: Ukraine, Europe and Syria
It need not be on any of them.
Oct 7, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Putin at the UN Putin at the UN
Russian leader asks, will the US rethink its destructive, “revolutionary” role in the world?
Sep 30, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Is it Time for a New New Deal? Is it Time for a New New Deal?
Our economy is broken. Could a universal basic income, child allowances, and worker-owned cooperatives fix it?
Sep 30, 2015 / James M. Larkin and Zach Goldhammer
Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow Responding to ISIS and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Is Dividing Policymakers Both in Washington and Moscow
Will the result be a spreading or curtailing of the new US-Russian Cold War?
Sep 23, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
In America, You Can Work Hard, Play By the Rules, and Still Get Screwed In America, You Can Work Hard, Play By the Rules, and Still Get Screwed
According to Barbara Ehrenreich, being steadily employed ain’t what it used to be.
Sep 23, 2015 / Pat Tomaino, James M. Larkin, and Zach Goldhammer
Living Under Israel’s Missiles Living Under Israel’s Missiles
Four boys of the Bakr family were killed by a missile strike during last year’s incursion. Their surviving family members are still scarred from the attack.
Sep 18, 2015 / Dan Cohen and Rebecca Pierce
The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria The Obama Administration Rejects Russia’s Offer to Form a New Military Coalition vs. ISIS in Syria
Has it created another front in the new Cold War?
Sep 16, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
5 Vital Lessons From American Labor’s Rise and Fall 5 Vital Lessons From American Labor’s Rise and Fall
America’s unions have been in retreat for decades—but can history point toward some fresh starts?
Sep 15, 2015 / James M. Larkin