All Those Donald Trump Headlines Are Distracting You From the Really Scary News All Those Donald Trump Headlines Are Distracting You From the Really Scary News
Media coverage focusing on the president’s personality is missing the point.
Feb 7, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
For Dual Nationals, Trump’s Muslim Ban Is a Curse For Dual Nationals, Trump’s Muslim Ban Is a Curse
It targets people like me, with valid visas or green cards, simply because of where we were born.
Feb 6, 2017 / Ismail Einashe
I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees I Fled Nazi Germany, and I See Myself in Syrian Refugees
A Holocaust refugee speaks out against Trump’s Muslim ban.
Feb 6, 2017 / Suzanne Loebl
Political Fervor Thrums Beneath the Super Bowl’s Surface Political Fervor Thrums Beneath the Super Bowl’s Surface
The game was historic. But the history being made off the field was reflected throughout Super Bowl Sunday.
Feb 5, 2017 / Dave Zirin
The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Escalating Tensions With Iran The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Escalating Tensions With Iran
There could be dire consequences.
Feb 3, 2017 / Phyllis Bennis
Senator Tammy Baldwin Just Destroyed Scott Walker on Twitter Senator Tammy Baldwin Just Destroyed Scott Walker on Twitter
The Wisconsin governor apparently didn’t like it, because he threw a 16-tweet-long tantrum in response.
Feb 3, 2017 / John Nichols
About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes… About That Kissinger Quote Neil Gorsuch Likes…
A joke? Who was it that said the use of jokes “points the way to their future uses”? It’s Götterdämmerung time.
Feb 3, 2017 / Greg Grandin
Yemeni Bodega Owners Strike to Say ‘We Are America’ Yemeni Bodega Owners Strike to Say ‘We Are America’
Among the thousands who gathered in Brooklyn were many whose families had been directly affected by Trump’s immigration bans.
Feb 3, 2017 / Julianne Hing
Words in the Age of Trump Words in the Age of Trump
Along with a new president, Americans are confronted with coming to grips with a new vocabulary.
Feb 3, 2017 / Leslie Savan
Everything Donald Trump Did in His Second Week as President Everything Donald Trump Did in His Second Week as President
A botched military raid in Yemen, a two-for-one regulatory gimmick, and the appointment of a new deputy director at the CIA who oversaw torture.
Feb 3, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter and George Zornick