Letters From the May 21, 2018, Issue Letters From the May 21, 2018, Issue
Crossed wires… Painfully prescient … Misreading, misleading?…
Apr 26, 2018 / Our Readers, Mark Dowie, Mark Hertsgaard, and James Carden
Democrats Are in Danger of Repeating the Mistakes of 2016 Democrats Are in Danger of Repeating the Mistakes of 2016
To win big in 2018, they need to call out racism and appeal to voters of color.
Apr 26, 2018 / Steve Phillips
James Comey’s Self-Justification Is Just ‘Not Good Enough’ James Comey’s Self-Justification Is Just ‘Not Good Enough’
Jonathan Freedland on Comey, Lawrence Wright on Trump and Texas, and Margaret Atwood on The Handmaid’s Tale.
Apr 26, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
This Saudi Blogger Called for Modernization. So Has the Crown Prince. So Why Is the Blogger in Jail? This Saudi Blogger Called for Modernization. So Has the Crown Prince. So Why Is the Blogger in Jail?
If Mohammed bin Salman truly wants to promote freedom of expression, he must release Raif Badawi.
Apr 26, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Student-Run Newspapers Need Our Help—and They’re Coming Together to Ask for It Student-Run Newspapers Need Our Help—and They’re Coming Together to Ask for It
Independent news organizations at colleges across the US are under threat. The Save Student Newsrooms movement wants to change that.
Apr 25, 2018 / William Anderson
The Veneration of the Windrush Generation The Veneration of the Windrush Generation
The UK government’s treatment of elderly black Britons from the Caribbean is a scandal, but their elevation to national treasure offers hope.
Apr 25, 2018 / Column / Gary Younge
Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia
Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.
Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
Battling the NCAA in the Court Battling the NCAA in the Court
Legal analyst Michael McCann stops by to talk about the NCAA and Colin Kaepernick’s collusion case against the NFL.
Apr 25, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin