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The wreckage: A street in Breezy Point, a section of the Rockaways, two weeks after Sandy.

3 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Is New York Prepared for the Next Great Storm? 3 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Is New York Prepared for the Next Great Storm?

New York is spending $20 billion to protect its shores from sea-level rise—but that may not be enough.

Oct 14, 2015 / Feature / Jarrett Murphy

In the First Democratic Debate, Clinton Shows That She Really Does Know How to Play the Game

In the First Democratic Debate, Clinton Shows That She Really Does Know How to Play the Game In the First Democratic Debate, Clinton Shows That She Really Does Know How to Play the Game

And she typified all that is good, and bad, about Democratic liberalism.

Oct 14, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

How the Populist Moment Will Shape the Debates How the Populist Moment Will Shape the Debates

The moment and the movements shaping it.

Oct 13, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

US Army platoon leader and Afghan National Army officer

Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0 Iraq and Afghanistan Have Officially Become Vietnam 2.0

Our policy of arming and training local militias in Vietnam was largely unsuccessful. So why are we repeating that mistake today?

Oct 13, 2015 / Andrew J. Bacevich

How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War

How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War How Putin Adopted Obama’s Way of War

The spread of the Obama Doctrine of counterinsurgency signals a new and dangerous phase of contemporary warfare.

Oct 13, 2015 / Juan Cole

Democrat candidates

5 Tough Questions for Tonight’s Democratic Debate 5 Tough Questions for Tonight’s Democratic Debate

Let’s talk about making the “gig economy” fair, creating a postal bank, congressional authorization for war, and helping, rather than harming, immigrants.

Oct 13, 2015 / John Nichols

The Moral Case Against the TPP

The Moral Case Against the TPP The Moral Case Against the TPP

The TPP doesn’t just put jobs at risk. It rewrites the rules of business for big corporations—just ask Pope Francis.

Oct 13, 2015 / Manuel Pérez-Rocha

Why the State Department Finally Confirmed Augusto Pinochet’s Role in International Terrorism

Why the State Department Finally Confirmed Augusto Pinochet’s Role in International Terrorism Why the State Department Finally Confirmed Augusto Pinochet’s Role in International Terrorism

It’s a great way of using US documents to advance the cause of human rights and redress Washington’s dark, interventionist past.

Oct 13, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

Our Dystopian Future Has Arrived Our Dystopian Future Has Arrived

As always, exercise caution when venturing outside of your bunkers!

Oct 13, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

October 13, 1974: Ed Sullivan Dies

October 13, 1974: Ed Sullivan Dies October 13, 1974: Ed Sullivan Dies

“His malevolence is almost buried from sight beneath an awesome dullness and ambition.”

Oct 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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