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Start Making Sense: Should Feminists Vote For Hillary Clinton?

Start Making Sense: Should Feminists Vote For Hillary Clinton? Start Making Sense: Should Feminists Vote For Hillary Clinton?

Katha Pollitt vs. Liza Featherstone on Hillary; plus Tavis Smiley on Martin Luther King’s last year.

Jan 14, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s Settler Diplomacy Has Apparently Failed in Brazil Israel’s Settler Diplomacy Has Apparently Failed in Brazil

Brazil’s rejection of settler-advocate Dani Dayan as ambassador sends a strong message to Netanyahu and the Israeli right.

Jan 11, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Henry Kissinger, December 1968.

The Many Manipulations of Henry Kissinger The Many Manipulations of Henry Kissinger

In his new biography, Niall Ferguson is blind to his subject’s recklessness and treachery.

Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Milne

‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’

‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’ ‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’

A brilliant exhibit in London uses archival fragments to tell a story of violence and creation.

Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Yasmine Seale

The Genocidal Unconscious of American Sports’ Naming Practices

The Genocidal Unconscious of American Sports’ Naming Practices The Genocidal Unconscious of American Sports’ Naming Practices

The Texas Rangers bear the moniker of America’s most celebrated death squad.

Jan 4, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Shahab Ahmed.

How Has Islamic Orthodoxy Changed Over Time? How Has Islamic Orthodoxy Changed Over Time?

A new book by the late scholar Shahab Ahmed reveals the capaciousness, complexity, and contradictions of Islam.

Dec 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Elias Muhanna

Representative-elect Bernie Sanders at an orientation for Congressional freshmen, November 28, 1990.

When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians When the Berlin Wall Fell, Bernie Sanders Didn’t Respond Like Other Politicians

Instead of heralding “the end of history,” Sanders called on Americans to take the revolutions of 1989 as a model.

Dec 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Interned Japanese American Sammy Kimura (Telly Leung) and camp nurse Hannah Campbell (Katie Rose Clarke) perform in Allegiance.

Pacific Overtures on Broadway Pacific Overtures on Broadway

At its best, the Japanese-internment musical Allegiance seethes with righteous anger beneath its perkiness and platitudes.

Dec 7, 2015 / Alisa Solomon

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism Why Bernie Sanders Should Embrace European Models of Democratic Socialism

American radicalism can’t be confined within US borders.

Dec 4, 2015 / Leon Fink

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris

Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris Start Making Sense: Naomi Klein on the Necessity of the Climate Protests in Paris

On this week’s podcast, Naomi Klein on the Shock Doctrine and the Paris climate protests, Katha Pollitt on Europe’s refugee crisis, Eric Foner on Woodrow Wilson’s racism, and Joan ...

Dec 3, 2015 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

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