We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing We Like the Idea of Asylum Seekers, but Not the Real Thing
The 12-foot-tall puppet of a Syrian refugee has been welcomed in New York and around the world. Real refugees? Not so much.
Sep 28, 2022 / Helen Benedict
Fascists, Neofascists, and Postfascists: Italy’s Unreal Election Debate Fascists, Neofascists, and Postfascists: Italy’s Unreal Election Debate
With most Italians exhausted by the status quo, the far right is likely to be the biggest winner in Sunday's elections.
Sep 22, 2022 / David Broder
No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones” No, America Doesn’t Actually Need “Sacrifice Zones”
Their suffering is not for the greater good.
Sep 22, 2022 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis
The Federal Reserve Attacks American Workers The Federal Reserve Attacks American Workers
Notes from Inflation Economics 101.
Sep 15, 2022 / Robert Pollin
An Inflated Pentagon Budget Is Not in the Country’s Best Interest An Inflated Pentagon Budget Is Not in the Country’s Best Interest
Scamming the taxpayer has become a way of life for the national security state.
Sep 15, 2022 / Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung
Veteran Activist David Segal Shows How to Make an Issue of Corporate Monopolies Veteran Activist David Segal Shows How to Make an Issue of Corporate Monopolies
The congressional candidate has brought the issue to the fore and gotten everyone else talking about it.
Sep 13, 2022 / John Nichols
Ending Free Covid Tests, US Policy Is Now “You Do You” Ending Free Covid Tests, US Policy Is Now “You Do You”
The Biden administration’s “soft closing” to the pandemic means a hard landing for the un- and underinsured.
Sep 9, 2022 / Martha Lincoln and Anne N. Sosin
Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis” Jim Crow Infrastructure and the Jackson, Miss., “Water Crisis”
To understand why more rain means less drinking water in Mississippi’s capital, you need to look to the state’s racist past—and the present malign neglect of its Black citizens.
Sep 6, 2022 / Makani Themba
Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister Meet Liz Truss, Britain’s New Conservative Prime Minister
With the Labour Party tacking toward the center, the role of actually opposing this new Thatcher wannabe has fallen on an increasingly militant, confident, articulate, and strategi...
Sep 6, 2022 / Gary Younge
Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence Balkan Dispatch: Bulgaria’s Crisis of Confidence
Caught between a Russian past and a NATO future, the poorest country in the EU faces a political crisis—and a struggle over competing visions of national pride.
Aug 22, 2022 / Jeet Heer