Saudi Arabia’s Rivalry With Iran Is Further Destabilizing the Middle East Saudi Arabia’s Rivalry With Iran Is Further Destabilizing the Middle East
Riyadh’s divide-and-rule strategy has yielded few successes, and it hasn’t made a dent in Iran’s regional influence.
Nov 27, 2017 / Juan Cole
Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5
By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security.
Nov 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11? What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11?
Things could have gone very, very differently.
Nov 27, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
The Border The Border
What will be the real cost of building a wall, in money and lives?
Nov 27, 2017 / OppArt / Elizabeth Starcevic
The Future of the American Empire The Future of the American Empire
Historian Alfred McCoy discusses his new book, the deep state, and Donald Trump’s threats to the US’s position as a global power.
Nov 24, 2017 / Q&A / Nick Turse
In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive In Prison, Women Are 9 Times More Likely to Be HIV-Positive
The disparity between infection rates in incarcerated and non-incarcerated women highlights the deeply unequal state of our criminal-justice system.
Nov 24, 2017 / Akilah Wise
Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption Spain’s Conflict Over Catalonia Is Covering Up Massive Political Corruption
Both the ruling PP party and Catalonia’s independentists are using the national question to whitewash their own history of corruption and enthusiasm for austerity.
Nov 24, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín
Don’t Tread on Me Uterus Don’t Tread on Me Uterus
Women’s rights are under attack with attempts to roll back Roe v. Wade and close Planned Parenthood clinics. Not without a fight!
If Trump’s FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet—and the Future If Trump’s FCC Repeals Net Neutrality, Elites Will Rule the Internet—and the Future
“This naked corporatism is Washington at its worst,” says former FCC commissioner Michael Copps.
Nov 24, 2017 / John Nichols
Trump Greets Thanksgiving With an Unhealthy Serving of Xenophobia Trump Greets Thanksgiving With an Unhealthy Serving of Xenophobia
Trump’s cruelty toward Haitian refugees is his latest affront to American values.
Nov 23, 2017 / John Nichols