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World War II Memories in Moscow, Another Cold War Inquisition in Washington World War II Memories in Moscow, Another Cold War Inquisition in Washington

On May 9, while Russia was commemorating the 27 million Soviet citizens who died fighting Nazi Germany, the US political-media class was vilifying the Kremlin and seeking its Ameri...

May 10, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Donald Trump

Trump Is Helping Big Media Companies Get Bigger Trump Is Helping Big Media Companies Get Bigger

And it’s looking like a mutually beneficial relationship. 

May 9, 2017 / David Dayen

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Trump’s Healthcare Plan Is All About Freedom! Trump’s Healthcare Plan Is All About Freedom!

Freedom for the rich to exploit the poor, that is.

May 9, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Civilans look at rubble from Saudi airstrike

24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite 24 Things the Media Missed While They Were Obsessing Over Trump’s Latest Soundbite

These are major national-security issues—but don’t expect to see them on the news.

May 8, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich

A Hundred Days of Trump Denial

A Hundred Days of Trump Denial A Hundred Days of Trump Denial

Leading up to the marker of his first 100 days, I began to internalize small shifts in how the news media regards President Trump.

May 6, 2017 / Leslie Savan

It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC

It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC It’s Not Too Late to Save Net Neutrality From a Captured FCC

The Trump-appointed FCC chairman has ushered in a virulent strain of market libertarianism. He can and must be stopped.

May 5, 2017 / Victor Pickard

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Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue

Schlesinger and Navasky on McCarthyism… Pollitt, Navasky, Grandin, and Lawrence on ‘Russiagate’…

May 4, 2017 / Our Readers, Victor Navasky, Patrick Lawrence, Greg Grandin, and Katha Pollitt

Putin 2016

Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead? Again, Is the Possibility of a Trump-Putin Détente Really Dead?

“Kremlingate” is said to have killed any prospect for Trump administration cooperation with Putin’s Kremlin, but the May 2 phone talk between the two leaders showed it is still ali...

May 3, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

A sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia.

Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality Help Activists Collect 1 Million Signatures for Net Neutrality

Trump’s FCC chairman would allow monopoly Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon to pick winners and losers online.

May 3, 2017 / NationAction

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome Trump Wants to Build a Giant Steel Dome

“And we’ll make the liberals pay for it!”

May 2, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

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