Stephen Cohen, Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Mearsheimer: Will American Triumphalism Lead Us to a New Cold War? Stephen Cohen, Katrina vanden Heuvel and John Mearsheimer: Will American Triumphalism Lead Us to a New Cold War?
US liberalism and "democracy promotion" are in part to blame for current tensions with Russia.
Mar 20, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel
Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector Danny Schechter Was Our News Dissector
He criticized old media, he created new media and he knew the necessity of a free and freewheeling press.
Mar 20, 2015 / John Nichols
Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now! Columbia Students to Lee Bollinger: Divest From Prisons Now!
As of last year, the university had $8 million invested in Corrections Corporation of America, as well as shares in other private security firms.
Mar 20, 2015 / Clare Sestanovich
What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel What It Feels Like to Be a ‘Demographic Threat’ to Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu’s attack on Arab voters was not just an electioneering tactic. Such fear-mongering is rooted in the foundation of the Zionist project in Palestine.
Mar 20, 2015 / Yousef Munayyer
It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too It’s Official: The Pentagon Finally Admitted That Israel Has Nuclear Weapons, Too
After five decades of pretending otherwise, the Pentagon has reluctantly confirmed that Israel does indeed possess nuclear bombs, as well as awesome weapons technology similar to A...
Mar 20, 2015 / William Greider
March 20, 2003: The United States Invades Iraq March 20, 2003: The United States Invades Iraq
The invasion, Jonathan Schell wrote, revealed “a naked ambition to establish hegemony over the earth.”
Mar 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision Barney Frank’s ‘Stupidest’ Decision
The story Frank tells in his new memoir of Robert McNamara’s visit to Harvard in 1966 is, to put it generously, incomplete.
Mar 20, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Silence and Slow Time Silence and Slow Time
The art of On Kawara.
Mar 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Interview With Steve Earle Interview With Steve Earle
"Everybody thought everybody was fooling everybody. And both of us were probably right to a certain extent, everybody was fooling each of us."
Mar 19, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
This Boutique Bakery Was Paying Its Workers Peanuts This Boutique Bakery Was Paying Its Workers Peanuts
According to a new lawsuit, the Filipino guest workers were subject to sixteen-hour shifts and abusive treatment at the hands of their bosses.
Mar 19, 2015 / Michelle Chen