That Time Bernie Sanders Told America: “I Am Proud to Say That Henry Kissinger Is Not My Friend” That Time Bernie Sanders Told America: “I Am Proud to Say That Henry Kissinger Is Not My Friend”
In a remarkable 2016 debate with Hillary Clinton, Sanders rejected the establishment consensus and declared, “I will not take advice from Henry Kissinger.”
Nov 30, 2023 / John Nichols
Mike Johnson’s “18th-Century Values” Mike Johnson’s “18th-Century Values”
The new speaker of the House says he's a history buff. But has he learned from it, or is he condemned to repeat it?
Nov 30, 2023 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous Congressman Jim Banks’s Pressure on Indiana University to Police Antisemitism Is Duplicitous and Dangerous
Campus debates about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be challenging, fractious—and sometimes triggering. But they are debates, not acts of bigotry.
Nov 29, 2023 / Jeffrey C. Isaac
“Americans for Prosperity” and Nikki Haley Should Blame Themselves for Donald Trump “Americans for Prosperity” and Nikki Haley Should Blame Themselves for Donald Trump
AFP Action’s Haley endorsement is too little, too late. We’re likely in for a 2016 rerun, with vain politicians again splintering the anti-Trump vote and handing him the GOP nomina...
Nov 28, 2023 / Joan Walsh
George Santos, Social Critic George Santos, Social Critic
The New York representative seems like Congress’s biggest liar. But he’s got plenty of company.
Nov 28, 2023 / Chris Lehmann
Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies Kevin McCarthy’s Empire of Lies
The former House speaker is currently spouting a wildly inaccurate take on the history of American empire.
Nov 28, 2023 / John Nichols
Revolution? Hell Yes! Remembering Amber Hollibaugh Revolution? Hell Yes! Remembering Amber Hollibaugh
The writer, who died last month, spent a lifetime breaking silences around sex.
Nov 28, 2023 / Obituary / JoAnn Wypijewski
The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War The Humanitarian Pause Is a Chance to Pull Back From a Mindless War
The extended hostage exchange offers the opportunity to move from war to cease-fire to negotiations.
Nov 28, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand The Ghosts of the Worldwide Surveillance Apparatus Show Their Hand
Phantom Parrot, a British documentary now screening in the US, sheds light on the Orwellian technologies being used across borders to repress activists, journalists, and others.
Nov 27, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata
Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis? Can Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Fix Hospitals’ Staffing Crisis?
The nurse staffing crisis isn’t new, but the situation has only intensified since the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our hospitals are at risk if they don’t have enough nurses."
Nov 27, 2023 / StudentNation / Kayla Yup