Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up
The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.
Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette
How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism
For nearly two centuries, US politicians have channeled extremism outward. But the frontier is gone, the empire is faltering, and the chickens are coming home to roost.
Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin
How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.
Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The United States Is Already at War With China The United States Is Already at War With China
Trump is accelerating a gratuitous cold war between the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases, leaving the rest of the world to suffer.
Feb 18, 2019 / Michael T. Klare
The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ The Hidden Climate-Change Story Behind Trump’s ‘National Emergency’
Walls and borders are this country's most consistent climate-change ‘adaptation.’
Feb 15, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
Who Lost America? Who Lost America?
The fall of the republic was foretold long before Donald Trump.
Feb 14, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
This Is How AIPAC Really Works This Is How AIPAC Really Works
An AIPAC and Capitol Hill veteran explains the lobby’s tactics of reward and retribution.
Feb 14, 2019 / M.J. Rosenberg
Childcare for All Belongs on the Progressive Agenda Childcare for All Belongs on the Progressive Agenda
Katha Pollitt on universal child care, plus David Klion on Bernie’s foreign policy adviser, and Antony Loewenstein on Afghanistan.
Feb 14, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
There’s a Lonely Voice in Washington, and It’s Talking Some Sense There’s a Lonely Voice in Washington, and It’s Talking Some Sense
For 15 years, the Committee for the Republic has been a dissenting voice of sanity and civility in Washington.
Feb 12, 2019 / James Carden
The World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Just Rolled Off the Assembly Line The World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon Just Rolled Off the Assembly Line
With the creation of a new “mini-nuke” warhead, the US is making nuclear war all the more probable.
Feb 12, 2019 / James Carroll