Puerto Rico Matters More Puerto Rico Matters More
Estimates that more than 4,600 people died after Hurricane Maria demand attention.
May 31, 2018 / John Nichols
Why Are There So Few Black Women Leaders on College Campuses? Why Are There So Few Black Women Leaders on College Campuses?
Forced to face the twin hurdles of racism and sexism, black women leaders are underrepresented on college campuses.
May 31, 2018 / StudentNation / DeAsia Paige
Standing on the Brink: The Secret War Scare of 1983 Standing on the Brink: The Secret War Scare of 1983
We would be wise to remember a time when a toxic cocktail of threats, fear, and misunderstanding nearly led us down the path to Armageddon.
May 31, 2018 / Jill Kastner
How Kids and Families Pay the Real Cost of Health Inequality How Kids and Families Pay the Real Cost of Health Inequality
When families can’t take paid time off to care for a sick child, the social costs can be overwhelming.
May 31, 2018 / Michelle Chen
How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Ireland: Katha Pollitt How Abortion Rights Triumphed in Ireland: Katha Pollitt
Plus Wendy Pearlman on Syrian Refugees and Tom Engelhardt on America’s failed empire.
May 31, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia
Is Putin really a “pariah” and Russia “isolated from the international community”?
May 30, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Adapting Ibsen for Our Times Adapting Ibsen for Our Times
Along with opportunity, recent revivals of Henrik Ibsen’s classic play An Enemy of the People bring much risk.
May 30, 2018 / Alisa Solomon
Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL Dawuane Smoot and the Subterranean Fire in the NFL
A little-known player’s response to the NFL’s punitive anthem decision just shows how badly the league screwed this up.
May 30, 2018 / Dave Zirin
Roseanne Tried to Use ‘Roseanne’ to Prove that Trump Voters Aren’t Racist. There Was Just 1 Problem. Roseanne Tried to Use ‘Roseanne’ to Prove that Trump Voters Aren’t Racist. There Was Just 1 Problem.
The media want to depict Trump supporters sympathetically, but the actual beliefs of many of them make that impossible.
May 30, 2018 / Ed Burmila