Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts
McCarthyism and firsthand recollections of Soviet surveillance practices.
May 23, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism Trumpism Is the New McCarthyism
Just as as McCarthyism did decades ago, Trumpism conceals the Republican Party’s long-term program to dismantle the public sector.
May 21, 2018 / Ellen Schrecker
Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War? Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War?
A discussion of the Stephen F. Cohen–Michael McFaul debate.
May 16, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Trouble With Typos The Trouble With Typos
Trump’s trouble with the written word is irresistible to mock, but the jokes may be weak consolation.
May 9, 2018 / Leslie Savan
Never Trumpers Never Mattered Never Trumpers Never Mattered
They’re all over the media, but they’re politically insignificant.
May 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless The ‘People’s Pulitzers’ Salute Those Who Give Voice to the Powerless
The remarkable work of this year’s Hillman Prize winners is a timely reminder of the indispensable role of the free press in sustaining a democracy.
May 1, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias A Press Corps Full of Aunt Lydias
Why are so many journalists defending Sarah Huckabee Sanders?
Apr 30, 2018 / Katha Pollitt
To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat To Be a Palestinian Journalist in Gaza Is to Be Always Under Threat
“Everyone is targeted. Even if you’re a journalist.… As long as you are Palestinian and there, you are targeted.”
Apr 27, 2018 / Hamza Saftawi and Miriam Berger
Kevin Williamson Is Not a Victim Kevin Williamson Is Not a Victim
The conservative provocateur preaches the importance of taking personal responsibility but blames everyone but himself for his rhetorical excesses.
Apr 26, 2018 / Joshua Holland
Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia
Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.
Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen