6 Questions William Barr Must Answer Before the Senate Weighs Confirming Him as Attorney General 6 Questions William Barr Must Answer Before the Senate Weighs Confirming Him as Attorney General
If he fails to establish that he is committed to protect the Mueller probe and the rule of law, he simply has to be rejected.
Jan 14, 2019 / John Nichols
The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition
Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.
Jan 14, 2019 / Greg Grandin
The Fyre Festival Documentary Is a Lurid Look Into Start-Up-Culture Grift The Fyre Festival Documentary Is a Lurid Look Into Start-Up-Culture Grift
Chronicling the infamous music festival, the documentary looks at how tech bros turned a luxury getaway into a blockbuster scam.
Jan 14, 2019 / Stephen Kearse
Will Progressive Democrats Fend Off Attacks on the Working Families Party and Fusion? Will Progressive Democrats Fend Off Attacks on the Working Families Party and Fusion?
WFP has achieved its goal of flipping the New York State Senate—but now faces a threat to its very existence.
Jan 14, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About What the LA Teachers Strike Is All About
California is home to the industrial giants of Silicon Valley, the film industry, and the largest agricultural sector in the nation, but it has starved its public schools of resour...
Jan 14, 2019 / Pedro Noguera
In the Shadow of the CMS In the Shadow of the CMS
How content-management systems will shape the future of media businesses big and small.
Jan 14, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Kyle Chayka
LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet LA’s Teachers’ Strike Will Be the Toughest Yet
The Los Angeles teachers’ strike begins today. It’s going to be the most difficult struggle so far in the educators’ revolt sweeping the country.
Jan 14, 2019 / Eric Blanc
What Did You Learn in School Today? What Did You Learn in School Today?
School shootings continue, gun restrictions fail to pass.
Jan 14, 2019 / OppArt / Angela Huang
What Is Truth in the Age of Trump? What Is Truth in the Age of Trump?
How “alternative facts” have reshaped the way we think about truth.
Jan 11, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
The Manafort Revelation Is Not a Smoking Gun The Manafort Revelation Is Not a Smoking Gun
Proponents of the Trump-Russia collusion theory wildly overstate their case, again.
Jan 11, 2019 / Aaron Maté