![Manafort-Cohen Split](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/manafort-cohen-split-ap-img.jpg)
Why the Manafort and Cohen Convictions Are a Historic Turning Point Why the Manafort and Cohen Convictions Are a Historic Turning Point
If a pro-Trump juror can send Paul Manafort to jail, it’s a safe bet that other Trump voters will sooner or later follow the evidence too.
Aug 24, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro
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Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’ Free Shahidul Alam, the Photographer of the ‘Majority World’
The acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer, activist, and mentor remains in jail after speaking out against the government.
Aug 24, 2018 / Maia Hibbett
![John Brennan](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/John_Brennan_ap_img-2.jpg)
What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals What the Brennan Affair Really Reveals
Valorizing an ex-CIA director and bashing Trump obscures what is truly ominous.
Aug 22, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![President Donald Trump](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/trump-screen-sanders-briefing-rtr-img.jpg)
Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President Journalists Are Not the Enemy, Mr. President
Americans who take seriously the democratic promise of the First Amendment must explicitly and consistently reject Trump’s attacks on freedom of the press.
Aug 16, 2018 / John Nichols
![Mark Zuckerberg testifies to Congress](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Mark-Zuckerberg-Congress-ap-img.jpg)
The Right Is Working the Ref Yet Again. This Time on Facebook—and It’s Working. The Right Is Working the Ref Yet Again. This Time on Facebook—and It’s Working.
Facebook caves to conservative critics by embracing Fox-friendly “news.”
Aug 16, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
![Russia Sanctions Currency Exchange](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/russia-sanction-currency-exchange-ap-img.jpg)
Sanction Mania vs. Russia Sanction Mania vs. Russia
For nearly 100 years, Russia has been under US sanctions, often to the detriment of American national security.
Aug 15, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Sarah-Huckabee-Sanders-August-14-rtr-img.jpg)
This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump This One Time, Sarah Huckabee Sanders Won’t Back Up Trump
The press secretary won’t deny that Trump used the N-word. Still, will it matter?
Aug 15, 2018 / Joan Walsh
![This Is Not a Time for Civility](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/durham-anti-fascist-protest-rtr-img.jpg)
This Is Not a Time for Civility This Is Not a Time for Civility
White-nationalist rallies are calls for genocide, and must be treated as such.
Aug 10, 2018 / Natasha Lennard
![Pence Montenegro](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pence-montenegro-markovic-ap-img.jpg)
Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain Montenegro and NATO’s Faustian Bargain
Did Montenegro’s NATO accession increase the collective defense of the West or merely protect a corrupt regime?
Aug 10, 2018 / Gordon N. Bardos
![Trump speaks to navy and shipyard personnel](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/trump-military-bomber-ap-img.jpg)
Has Trump Ushered In a Golden Age for News Media? Has Trump Ushered In a Golden Age for News Media?
Nichols on journalism, Harold Meyerson on Brett Kavanaugh, and Nomi Prins on Trump and economic entropy.
Aug 9, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener