The Trump Era Calls for an ‘American Spring’ The Trump Era Calls for an ‘American Spring’
It’s time that our president—like the autocrats he is propping up across North Africa and the Middle East—finally be held accountable.
May 2, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
Why Are We Above International Law? Why Are We Above International Law?
The Trump administration’s rejection of the International Criminal Court is the latest example of America’s toxic exceptionalism.
Mar 26, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
Man-Made Myths About the Female Body Have Led to Centuries of Bad Sex Man-Made Myths About the Female Body Have Led to Centuries of Bad Sex
The erasure of the clitoris from the study of anatomy is one of the biggest cover-ups in modern history.
Mar 7, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
Trump Is Exploiting the National Guard Trump Is Exploiting the National Guard
Former presidents have deployed the reserve military force to bust unions, quell riots, and fight in wars of our own making. Trump is now using it to fabricate a border crisis.
Feb 11, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
What Is Truth in the Age of Trump? What Is Truth in the Age of Trump?
How “alternative facts” have reshaped the way we think about truth.
Jan 11, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
A Presidency on Drugs A Presidency on Drugs
The Trump administration makes the news cycle feel like a bad dose of amphetamines.
Dec 6, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
Meet the Cooks and Casino Workers Leaving Their Jobs to Campaign Against Trump Meet the Cooks and Casino Workers Leaving Their Jobs to Campaign Against Trump
In Nevada and elsewhere, stakes are high for the canvassers hoping to swing the Senate.
Oct 11, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
Psychologists Are Standing Up Against Torture at Gitmo Psychologists Are Standing Up Against Torture at Gitmo
Sometimes the good guys do win.
Sep 11, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought In Trump’s America, the Middle East Remains an Afterthought
And yet US foreign policy is far from innocent in the disasters playing out in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere.
Jul 19, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
What Will Become of Nicaragua? What Will Become of Nicaragua?
Civil unrest marks a crucial tipping point in the country’s history of political revolution.
Jun 25, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon