Trump’s Obsession With Generals Could Send Us Straight Into War With Iran Trump’s Obsession With Generals Could Send Us Straight Into War With Iran
The president’s foreign-policy picks have set the stage for an aggressive military-first administration.
Mar 6, 2017 / William D. Hartung
Colin Kaepernick Has Not Stopped Fighting Injustice Just Because He’s Stopped Kneeling Colin Kaepernick Has Not Stopped Fighting Injustice Just Because He’s Stopped Kneeling
The scathing criticism aimed at Colin Kaepernick for ending his protests of the national anthem is hypocrisy writ large.
Mar 6, 2017 / Dave Zirin
From #SanctuaryCampus to a National Strike From #SanctuaryCampus to a National Strike
In November, more than 100 campuses walked out for immigrant justice. What’s next?
Mar 6, 2017 / StudentNation / Rodrigo Saavedra
Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality Our Political Economy Is Designed to Create Poverty and Inequality
Poverty is not an abstraction. People wear it on their faces, carry it on their backs as a constant companion—and it is heavy.
Mar 6, 2017 / Dennis Kucinich
Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters Everything Trump Did in His 6th Week That Really Matters
Behind the scenes, a lot happened this week at several federal agencies.
Mar 3, 2017 / George Zornick and Zoë Carpenter
Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend Bernie Sanders Is Going to Mississippi to March With Workers This Weekend
It’s part of a new wave of demonstrations and organizing drives linking workers’ rights and civil rights.
Mar 3, 2017 / John Nichols
Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis? Can a Champion of Black Lives Matter Become Mayor of St. Louis?
Tishaura Jones is running to “uproot racism” just a few miles from the streets where Michael Brown was murdered.
Mar 3, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias
This Isn’t ‘a Total Witch Hunt!’—Jeff Sessions Is in Real Trouble This Isn’t ‘a Total Witch Hunt!’—Jeff Sessions Is in Real Trouble
Recusal is the first step, but he’ll ultimately have to resign.
Mar 3, 2017 / Joan Walsh
Asking for a Friend: Can I Explain Feminism to My Girlfriend Without Mansplaining? Asking for a Friend: Can I Explain Feminism to My Girlfriend Without Mansplaining?
Another reader tries to stop her friend’s relentless name dropping.
Mar 3, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump The Media’s Addiction to False Equivalencies Has Left Them Vulnerable to Trump
Decades of conservative efforts to work the press are paying off handsomely.
Mar 3, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman