Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars Israeli Extremists Are Making a Comeback—With the Help of US Tax Dollars
American nonprofits have funneled money to Meir Kahane’s followers, who now have a chance to enter the Knesset.
Feb 26, 2019 / Mairav Zonszein
Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military Gen. Simón Bolívar, Latin America’s Liberator, Has Advice for the US Military
Trump may be an awful president, but the military has no more right to overthrow him in a coup than he does to overthrow Maduro.
Feb 25, 2019 / Ariel Dorfman
Why Are Democrats Trying to Torpedo the Korea Peace Talks? Why Are Democrats Trying to Torpedo the Korea Peace Talks?
There is a growing split between liberal US politicians and South Korean progressives on the peace process.
Feb 22, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
US Foreign Policy Is for Sale US Foreign Policy Is for Sale
Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.
Feb 21, 2019 / Benjamin Freeman
Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue Letters From the March 11-28, 2019, Issue
Laughing Through the Pain Thank you for the good laugh you gave me with the title of John Nichols’s article, “Trump at Two” [Feb. 11/18]. I had to pause to ask myself whether the p…
Feb 21, 2019 / Our Readers
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