LeBron James Flips the Script—Again LeBron James Flips the Script—Again
Fox News’s Laura Ingraham’s telling him to “shut up and dribble” elicited a sharp response not only from James but from much of the sports world.
Feb 19, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Fake News? It’s Nothing New to African Americans. Fake News? It’s Nothing New to African Americans.
Fixing it requires the public airwaves to reflect the nation’s true diversity.
Feb 16, 2018 / Walter Mosley
Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market Amazon Doesn’t Just Want to Dominate the Market—It Wants to Become the Market
The company is a radically new kind of monopoly with ambitions that dwarf those of earlier empires.
Feb 15, 2018 / Feature / Stacy Mitchell
Does Katie Roiphe Understand What a Sex Panic Is? Does Katie Roiphe Understand What a Sex Panic Is?
There are many examples of sex-related miscarriages of justice. #MeToo is not one of them.
Feb 14, 2018 / Katha Pollitt
It’s the End of the World Desk as We Know It It’s the End of the World Desk as We Know It
And with so much focus on Trump, foreign reporting will not be fine.
Feb 14, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman
If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’? If America ‘Won the Cold War,’ Why Is There Now a ‘Second Cold War with Russia’?
The ongoing role of false narratives and historical fallacies.
Feb 14, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
With His Assault on PBS and NPR, Trump Seeks to Eliminate Real News With His Assault on PBS and NPR, Trump Seeks to Eliminate Real News
In much of America, PBS and NPR stations represent the primary alternative to fanaticism and fakery.
Feb 14, 2018 / John Nichols
How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain? How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain?
The drive to pathologize Trump isn’t going away, and neither, alas, is he.
Feb 13, 2018 / David M. Perry
The Nuclear Posture Review Signals a New Arms Race The Nuclear Posture Review Signals a New Arms Race
We need to revive momentum for reducing nuclear weapons, not for “modernizing” them.
Feb 13, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
The right-wing war on objective reality.
Feb 13, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow