Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies
How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?
Mar 16, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True Trump Made His ‘American Carnage’ Fever Dream True
In the US, 500,000 people are dead, but the toll is higher and Covid is but one measure of public health.
Mar 3, 2021 / Matt Nelson
Biden Ran on Ending Forever Wars. He’s Already Undermining That Promise. Biden Ran on Ending Forever Wars. He’s Already Undermining That Promise.
The argument that the strikes in Syria are a “defensive” measure mocks the reality of our presence there.
Mar 2, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic Finding Community Through Our Dogs in the Darkest Days of the Pandemic
A dog story, in which humans paw their way from isolation to something like community.
Feb 24, 2021 / Angela Ards
Here’s What Leaders Facing Global Crises Can Learn From Mikhail Gorbachev Here’s What Leaders Facing Global Crises Can Learn From Mikhail Gorbachev
His radical stances on security are needed as much now as when he was in power.
Feb 23, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Biden Can’t Lose Sight of the Nuclear Crisis Biden Can’t Lose Sight of the Nuclear Crisis
How the new president can keep the world safe from nuclear annihilation.
Jan 19, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within The Capitol Riot Reveals the Dangers From the Enemy Within
But the belief that America previously had a well-functioning democracy is an illusion.
Jan 8, 2021 / Eric Foner
Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters Breakfast Table With Jewish Newsletters
An argument with myself.
Jan 1, 2021 / Wallace Shawn
What I Learned Moving Cross-Country Twice in 4 Months What I Learned Moving Cross-Country Twice in 4 Months
Global catastrophe has a way of putting life into perspective.
Dec 9, 2020 / Jamilah King
Good Times and End Times on 26th and Folsom Good Times and End Times on 26th and Folsom
The weed is legal, the virus is spiking, and kids dream of robots protecting their families from the landlord.
Nov 25, 2020 / Roberto Lovato