World Leaders

China and Hong Kong Face Off

China and Hong Kong Face Off China and Hong Kong Face Off

Protests rage as China cracks down.

Jul 8, 2020 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

Our Nation Needs a Wake-Up Call to the Nuclear Threat

Our Nation Needs a Wake-Up Call to the Nuclear Threat Our Nation Needs a Wake-Up Call to the Nuclear Threat

A new book sounds the alarm.

Jul 7, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump at Mt. Rushmore

Trump’s ‘Heroes’ Garden Is a Nationalistic Nightmare Trump’s ‘Heroes’ Garden Is a Nationalistic Nightmare

The president pushes “lifelike” aesthetics and downplays the disease that’s killing people all over the country.

Jul 7, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

USS Florida

Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree Congress Could Rubber-Stamp a Defense Spending Spree

The Trump administration wants missiles, and pushback will require immediate action.

Jul 2, 2020 / Tristan Guyette and William D. Hartung

Mike Pence

Pence Masks Up While Trump Keeps Dog-Whistling Pence Masks Up While Trump Keeps Dog-Whistling

Americans needs to get the message about masks, but the president’s too busy promoting white supremacists.

Jun 30, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump

‘I Got Nicer Everything,’ Says Man Who Ruins All He Touches ‘I Got Nicer Everything,’ Says Man Who Ruins All He Touches

The CDC head says the pandemic has “brought the nation to its knees.” Meanwhile, Trump is talking about his hair.

Jun 26, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump's Tulsa rally

The Arena Was Half Empty. Trump Was Still Full of It. The Arena Was Half Empty. Trump Was Still Full of It.

In Tulsa, the president says zilch about Covid-19 deaths, and a lot about his walk down that ramp at West Point.

Jun 23, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Stephen Miller

Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List Checking Off Stephen Miller’s Wish List

With new rules targeting undocumented students and asylum-seekers, the Trump administration continues to lash out at immigrants.

Jun 16, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump

The Wilder the Conspiracy, the More Trump Likes It The Wilder the Conspiracy, the More Trump Likes It

The president eagerly spread rumors that the elderly protester injured by police is an antifa mastermind.

Jun 12, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Military police face crowd of marching protesters

Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism

The crisis provoked by George Floyd’s death endangers Pentagon efforts to rally Western nations against the supposedly more autocratic regimes in China and Russia.

Jun 10, 2020 / Michael T. Klare

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