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Nike Georgetown protest

These Georgetown Students Fought Nike—and Won These Georgetown Students Fought Nike—and Won

For the first time ever, Nike signed a contract that ensures full, independent access for the Worker Rights Consortium—and it happened because of students.

Sep 15, 2017 / StudentNation / Daniel Luis Zager, Angeles Solis, and Sonia Adjroud

Devin Nunes

Can Congress Unravel the Trump-Russia Tangle? Can Congress Unravel the Trump-Russia Tangle?

Not if a renegade California Republican can stop it.

Sep 15, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

Rohingya Muslim Refugees

Buddhists in Myanmar Are Unifying Behind a Deadly Nationalism Buddhists in Myanmar Are Unifying Behind a Deadly Nationalism

And Aung San Suu Kyi is refusing to condemn the resulting bloodshed.

Sep 15, 2017 / Francis Wade

Mike Pompeo

The CIA Director Just Bullied Harvard Into Throwing Chelsea Manning to the Curb The CIA Director Just Bullied Harvard Into Throwing Chelsea Manning to the Curb

Pompeo is a Koch-brothers puppet who is using his position to bully a principled whistle-blower.

Sep 15, 2017 / John Nichols

Ilya Yashin in Moscow

Opposition Candidates Win More Than 270 Seats in Moscow Municipal Elections Opposition Candidates Win More Than 270 Seats in Moscow Municipal Elections

The psychological effect of this small victory is great. It shows that acting in solidarity can have a real effect.

Sep 15, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Sabra Shatila Massacre

The United States Was Responsible for the 1982 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut The United States Was Responsible for the 1982 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut

Washington had explicitly guaranteed their safety—and recently declassified documents reveal that US diplomats were told by the Israelis what they and their allies might be up to.

Sep 14, 2017 / Rashid Khalidi

Donald Duck Trump

What a 1970s Chilean Satire Can Tell Us About Donald Trump What a 1970s Chilean Satire Can Tell Us About Donald Trump

How to Read Donald Duck has some surprising insights to reveal in 2017.

Sep 14, 2017 / Ariel Dorfman

Haley UN Negotiation

Nikki Haley at the UN: Agree With Us or We Go It Alone Nikki Haley at the UN: Agree With Us or We Go It Alone

Haley’s actions and attitudes in the UN begin to seem more and more like efforts to undermine the organization rather than reform it.

Sep 14, 2017 / Barbara Crossette

Hurricane Politics and Climate Change in the Age of Trump

Hurricane Politics and Climate Change in the Age of Trump Hurricane Politics and Climate Change in the Age of Trump

Mark Hertsgaard and John Nichols on Harvey and Irma; plus Alfred McCoy on cyberwar with China.

Sep 14, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

March in Kiev

The Latest Push to Arm Ukraine The Latest Push to Arm Ukraine

Arming Kiev could hinder diplomatic efforts to end the war.

Sep 13, 2017 / James Carden

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