The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War The ‘Fog of Suspicion’ and of Worsening Cold War
As the neo-McCarthyite search for Americans with Russian “contacts” spreads, the new Cold War is increasingly fraught with possibilities of hot war.
Mar 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man! Donald Trump, the Unbelievable Baby Man!
His new superpower: reading the teleprompter.
Mar 7, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump
Decades of conservative efforts to work the press are paying off handsomely.
Mar 3, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Trump’s Net Neutrality-Hating FCC Chair Is Already Gutting Public-Interest Regulations Trump’s Net Neutrality-Hating FCC Chair Is Already Gutting Public-Interest Regulations
But movements can counter him.
Mar 2, 2017 / John Nichols
There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech to Congress There Was Nothing Moderate About Trump’s Speech to Congress
The president’s obsession with Muslims and immigrants gives cover to a simmering white nationalist movement at home.
Mar 1, 2017 / Peter Certo
Progressives Need to Build Their Own Media Progressives Need to Build Their Own Media
Trump would not be president today were it not for the help of Fox, Breitbart, Limbaugh, & Co.
Mar 1, 2017 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?
Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.
Feb 22, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive
Common sense is getting lost in the frenzy. What we don’t need is a replay of Cold War hysteria that cuts off debate and slanders skeptics.
Feb 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop
Bipartisan allegations that Trump is a “puppet” of or “compromised” by the Kremlin have grown into latter-day McCarthyism with grave threats to America and the world.
Feb 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media
He’s making it difficult to pick out the signal from the noise.
Feb 9, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan