Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’ Chris Hayes: What Trump Means When He Says He’s ‘Strong on Crime’
Plus: Gary Younge on kids and guns and Michael Walzer on foreign policy for the left.
Mar 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Meet Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s Left-Wing, Environmentalist, Feminist Prime Minister Meet Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Iceland’s Left-Wing, Environmentalist, Feminist Prime Minister
She’s one of a number of young women leaders who offer a refreshing contrast to right-wing populism.
Mar 8, 2018 / Feature / John Nichols
Teaching Class Solidarity Teaching Class Solidarity
A growing movement is finding creative ways to educate teens about economic justice.
Mar 8, 2018 / Feature / Caroline Preston
Let’s Get Real About Russiagate Let’s Get Real About Russiagate
Some on the left are still waving away the inconvenient facts that don’t fit with their politics.
Mar 8, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Is the Opioid Crisis Leading to a Spike in the White Incarceration Rate? Is the Opioid Crisis Leading to a Spike in the White Incarceration Rate?
Though African Americans remain disproportionately impacted by the criminal-justice system, drug laws are locking up an increasing number of whites as well.
Mar 7, 2018 / Michelle Chen
What the US Government Is Not Telling You About Those ‘Sonic Attacks’ in Cuba What the US Government Is Not Telling You About Those ‘Sonic Attacks’ in Cuba
The key victims were CIA agents. Not a single tourist was affected, and the island remains among the safest countries in the world to visit.
Mar 7, 2018 / Peter Kornbluh
How Washington Provoked—and Perhaps Lost—a New Nuclear-Arms Race How Washington Provoked—and Perhaps Lost—a New Nuclear-Arms Race
Putin declares that the long US attempt to gain nuclear superiority over Russia has failed and hopes Washington will “listen now.”
Mar 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Texas Progressive Laura Moser Is Beating Democratic Insiders Texas Progressive Laura Moser Is Beating Democratic Insiders
There’s a good case to be made that the DCCC’s attack on Moser only helped her.
Mar 7, 2018 / John Nichols
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
Young women raising up, continuing the struggle of previous generations.
Mar 7, 2018 / OppArt / Maureen Winzig
Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Waiting for Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment
The genre that Pinker’s latest book most closely resembles is not 18th-century philosophie but a TED Talk.
Mar 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell