A Match Made in Hell: The Budding Bromance of Trump and Erdogan A Match Made in Hell: The Budding Bromance of Trump and Erdogan
Can two power-hungry egomaniacs forge a lasting alliance? Much depends on an extradition request, and whether Trump will continue the alliance with Syria’s Kurds.
Jan 24, 2017 / Anna Lekas Miller
This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot This Is How the New Cold War Turns Hot
American journalists keep saying Alexander Dugin is Putin’s ideological adviser. One problem: He's not.
Jan 24, 2017 / Jeffrey Sommers
Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions Trump’s Anti-Abortion Order Is Actually Likely to Increase Abortions
The reinstatement of the “Global Gag Rule” means poor women in foreign countries will have narrower access to contraception and other health-care services.
Jan 23, 2017 / Zoë Carpenter
Delusions of the US Intelligence Apparatus Delusions of the US Intelligence Apparatus
A document released every four years shows a startling disconnect between US intelligence and the rest of the world.
Jan 23, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
3 Days Into Trump’s Presidency, Blatant Lies Are Coming Out of the White House 3 Days Into Trump’s Presidency, Blatant Lies Are Coming Out of the White House
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer is using his position to utter “pants-on-fire” lies, as Trump aides embrace falsehood.
Jan 23, 2017 / John Nichols
President Obama Exits With an Embrace of John Lewis and the Idea of a Just America President Obama Exits With an Embrace of John Lewis and the Idea of a Just America
The last tweet from the Obama White House showed the president clasping hands with the congressman who has become a symbol of the resistance to Trump.
Jan 21, 2017 / John Nichols
Reheating the Cold War Reheating the Cold War
Stephen F. Cohen speaks with David Barsamian about the increasingly dangerous tensions between the US and Russia.
Jan 20, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Barack Obama Leaves as He Arrived: An Optimist Calling Us to Defend and Extend Democracy Barack Obama Leaves as He Arrived: An Optimist Calling Us to Defend and Extend Democracy
In the spirit of Tom Paine, Obama promises that the future is ours. “We just have to fight for it!”
Jan 20, 2017 / John Nichols
Plenty’s Discontent Plenty’s Discontent
The lost sense of hope and idealism in David Hare’s England.
Jan 19, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend How to Resist Donald Trump in DC This Weekend
Are you traveling to the nation’s capital this weekend? Here’s what you can do.
Jan 18, 2017 / George Zornick