Our Bigot in Chief Has Shown His True Colors
After Charlottesville, we must resist this man with every fiber of our being.
Sasha AbramskyPolitics
How Maxine Waters Became a Heroine for the Trump Era
When it comes to challenging Trump, the congresswoman from California says, “I’m gonna take off the gloves and I’m gonna put my career on the line.”
Collier MeyersonNational Security
Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’
New databases are being built for this experimental surveillance.
Aaron Cantú and George JosephNuclear Arms and Proliferation
The Only Sensible Way Out of the North Korea Crisis
In a dual freeze, Pyongyang would cease missile tests in exchange for a moratorium on Washington’s massive war games.
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No More Detention: Free Pastor Noe
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Robert Greenwald
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Robert Rauschenberg and the Art of the New Frontier
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Lorde Grows Up
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Democrats Are Starting a Fierce Internal Debate. Finally.
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Politics
Why Mike Pence Is Worse Than Donald Trump
In every way, he knows better, but he says and does things that are equally awful and offensive.
Joan Walsh
Russia’s Attacks on Democracy Aren’t Only a Problem for America
And that’s a problem for skeptics of Russian meddling.
Joshua Holland
Why Is Trump Headed to Phoenix? To Pick a Fight
Arizona is home to two Republican senators who have bucked the president on health care and immigration.
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World
Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future
Seventy years after partition, India’s ruling party is using history to divide the country.
Kanishk Tharoor
Amid Crisis in Brazil, the Evangelical Bloc Emerges as a Political Power
In the world’s largest Catholic country, a rival Christian movement could select Brazil’s next president.
Omar G. Encarnación
Avoiding War With North Korea
It’s way past time for Trump to begin talks with Pyongyang.
John FefferWhite Supremacy in america
Historical Amnesia About Slavery Is a Tool of White Supremacy
Where we have (mostly) condemned slavery, we as a country have refused to condemn its defenders.
Mychal Denzel SmithHow the Police Failed in Charlottesville
Police must learn from past protests to avoid stoking further violence.
Alex S. VitaleDurham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists
The fear was that Klansmen would come to replicate the violence that had just racked Charlottesville.
Barry YeomanCulture
Robert Rauschenberg and the Art of the New Frontier
The artist was, above all, a restless and resourceful gatherer of materials—cultural as well as physical.
Barry Schwabsky
A Pitiless Heist Movie
The one thing you can’t do is look away from Benny and Josh Safdie’s acidly titled Good Time.
Stuart Klawans
Lorde Grows Up
In her new album, Lorde captures a generation struggling for independence.
Steph Burt
Watch and Listen
Listen: White Nationalists in Charlottesville and the White House: Eric Foner
Plus Bob Dreyfuss on Paul Manafort, and Robert Lipsyte on Trump and golf.
August 17, 2017
View: The Borderlands’ Human Stain
Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.
July 27, 2017
Watch: VIDEO: People in Denmark Are a Lot Happier Than People in the United States. Here’s Why.
When governments provide benefits and services that allow its citizens to thrive, everyone wins.
July 17, 2017
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