Letters From the April 25-May 2, 2016, Issue Letters From the April 25-May 2, 2016, Issue
Newsroom blues… When tests fail girls… Playing the long game…
Apr 7, 2016 / Our Readers
US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente US ‘Information War’ and the Embryonic Kerry–Lavrov Détente
Is the recent tsunami of anti-Putin news reports meant to undermine US–Russian negotiations on Syria and Ukraine?
Apr 6, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Vox’s Tax Calculator Is Wildly Misleading—So We Made a Better One Vox’s Tax Calculator Is Wildly Misleading—So We Made a Better One
You can’t count taxing without counting spending.
Apr 6, 2016 / Mark Paul, David Rosnick, and Emily Stephens
The Panama Papers Are Only the Beginning The Panama Papers Are Only the Beginning
Financial crimes and political conspiracies aren’t discrete events but the essence of neoliberalism.
Apr 5, 2016 / Greg Grandin
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
When it comes to the police, there is one gaping difference between pop music and television.
Apr 5, 2016 / Joshua Clover
The Lakers Can Kindly Shove Their Bro Code The Lakers Can Kindly Shove Their Bro Code
D’Angelo Russell is being dragged through the mud by his teammates and the media. But it’s his entire organization that should be looking in the mirror.
Mar 31, 2016 / Dave Zirin
The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump
The Syrian-Russian retaking of a major ISIS stronghold and the West’s further control over the Kiev government refute the orthodox US narrative of the new Cold War, which Trump is ...
Mar 30, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Mar 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama and the Cult of ‘Credibility’ Obama and the Cult of ‘Credibility’
As his tenure draws to a close, the president is finally ready to challenge the foreign-policy establishment.
Mar 24, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
How Trump Keeps Us Talking, Even When He Disappears How Trump Keeps Us Talking, Even When He Disappears
His absence signifies as much as his presence.
Mar 24, 2016 / Column / Patricia J. Williams