Conservatives Call for Civility, Claim Democrats Want to Murder Babies Conservatives Call for Civility, Claim Democrats Want to Murder Babies
None of the people decrying the lack of manners in American politics has batted an eye over the truly outrageous charges of “infanticide.”
Mar 27, 2019 / Joshua Holland
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War
We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.
Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left Centrists Are Using Calls for Civility to Silence the Left
Nobody should fight in the gutter, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a vigorous debate about policy.
Mar 25, 2019 / Robert L. Borosage
Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis
The Trump administration says it is leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS—and then shoots itself in the foot.
Mar 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen
‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History ‘Loyal Slave’ Monuments Tell a Racist Lie About American History
These monuments—nearly all of them still standing—prop up the fantasy that slaves were happy, loyal, and devoted to those who enslaved them.
Mar 25, 2019 / Kali Holloway
Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?
Mike Pompeo’s diplomatic sanctions against war-crimes investigators are consistent with Trump’s “America first” worldview.
Mar 21, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder
White Supremacy in Australia Set the Stage for the Christchurch Massacre White Supremacy in Australia Set the Stage for the Christchurch Massacre
The mainstreaming of hate has become routine, in both the media and politics.
Mar 21, 2019 / Antony Loewenstein
The Cold War Ides of March The Cold War Ides of March
US Cold Warriors escalate toward actual war with Russia.
Mar 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Rediscovering Nelson Algren Rediscovering Nelson Algren
The literary giant’s unique resonance in our anti-capitalist moment.
Mar 19, 2019 / Dan Simon
Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal Trump’s Budget Is a Bitter Betrayal
The only question is how long the president can get away with this con.
Mar 19, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel