Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue Letters From the October 16, 2017, Issue
A peek inside the rogues’ gallery… A real Shonda… End of the line… Tending our rural roots…
Sep 28, 2017 / Our Readers and Eric Alterman
Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia? Do Liberal Democrats Want War With Russia?
“Russiagate” is abetting the possibility of direct military conflict with Moscow, and liberals, once opponents of such politics, are promoting it.
Sep 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Is Trump Following a ‘Japan First’ Policy Against Kim Jong-un? Is Trump Following a ‘Japan First’ Policy Against Kim Jong-un?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has emerged as a major influence on Trump’s North Korea policy.
Sep 27, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
This Is What a Socialist Looks Like This Is What a Socialist Looks Like
In a signature speech at the Labour Party conference, Jeremy Corbyn laid out an agenda to return power to the people.
Sep 27, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan
Are Russia’s ‘Friends’ Hiding in Your Facebook Feed? Are Russia’s ‘Friends’ Hiding in Your Facebook Feed?
How Russian trolls tried to organize anti-immigrant rallies, and more.
Sep 27, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
An Interview With Stephen Kinzer, Part 2 An Interview With Stephen Kinzer, Part 2
The award-winning foreign correspondent and author of The True Flag speaks about the state of US foreign policy and the media.
Sep 27, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
Is Your Senator Enabling Donald Trump’s Warmongering? Is Your Senator Enabling Donald Trump’s Warmongering?
Rand Paul tried to take away the president’s blank check for endless war, but a number of Democrats joined most Republicans in a Senate vote that let Trump keep it.
Sep 26, 2017 / John Nichols
Only One EU Country Has Permanently Taken In All the Asylum Seekers It Promised To Only One EU Country Has Permanently Taken In All the Asylum Seekers It Promised To
Less than a third of the 54,000 asylum seekers EU countries agreed to relocate have been provided long-term resettlement.
Sep 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen
This Is What World War III With China Might Look Like This Is What World War III With China Might Look Like
Spoiler alert: We probably wouldn’t win.
Sep 26, 2017 / Alfred W. McCoy
Have Spain and Catalonia Reached a Point of No Return? Have Spain and Catalonia Reached a Point of No Return?
The bitter struggle over an independence referendum has pushed the country into a grave constitutional crisis.
Sep 26, 2017 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín