How GOP Megadonor Jeffrey Yass Can Clean Up on TikTok’s Forced Sale How GOP Megadonor Jeffrey Yass Can Clean Up on TikTok’s Forced Sale
The Pennsylvania billionaire has former TikTok detractors backing off a ban, but he'll be sitting pretty if a US takeover happens.
Mar 15, 2024 / Comment / Jacob Silverman
Keep Calm and Carry on With the Anthropocene Keep Calm and Carry on With the Anthropocene
Geologists may have voted down formal recognition of the Anthropocene as a geological epoch, but we still need to act to prevent ecological crisis.
Mar 13, 2024 / Comment / Leigh Phillips
Taking Aaron Bushnell at His Word (and Deed) Taking Aaron Bushnell at His Word (and Deed)
The airman who set himself alight on Sunday signed up to sacrifice himself for the greater good—only to discover that he had become an accomplice to evil.
Feb 28, 2024 / Comment / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t I Was Banned From CPAC, but the Extremists Weren’t
From the lobby, I watched neo-Nazis and other far-right figures waltz unimpeded into the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Feb 27, 2024 / Comment / Amanda Moore
The Missing News About Gaza The Missing News About Gaza
To understand Palestine and Israel, we need more coverage of the everyday structural violence of occupation.
Feb 26, 2024 / Comment / Alexei Sisulu Abrahams
To Seek Peace in Ukraine, Remember the End of the Cold War To Seek Peace in Ukraine, Remember the End of the Cold War
US-Russia relations once seemed so promising after the collapse of the USSR. An honest look at how they soured can help us understand today’s conflicts.
Feb 22, 2024 / Comment / Anatol Lieven
Why the Public Is Negative on the Economy Why the Public Is Negative on the Economy
The economic picture under Biden actually looks great—but he’s polling poorly anyway.
Feb 21, 2024 / Comment / Dean Baker
Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda? Will the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 Turn Trumpism Into a Governing Agenda?
Be scared, be very scared.
Feb 8, 2024 / Comment / Robert L. Borosage
Taylor Swift May Yet Save Joe Biden Taylor Swift May Yet Save Joe Biden
Attacks on the popular singer help highlight the sheer weirdness of Trump’s GOP.
11 Arguments for Open Borders 11 Arguments for Open Borders
A world not divided by militarized borders would help form a world where sustainability and justice take precedence over extraction and exploitation.
Feb 5, 2024 / Comment / John Washington