February 26, 2018, Issue

Editorial

White House Staff Cuts, Year 2

Ward Sutton
The Pentagon’s Plan for Never-Ending War

A new document outlines a plan the country can’t afford.
Robert L. Borosage
Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around

The Puerto Rican rapper talks to The Nation about colonialism, Bernie Sanders, and the path to recovery after Hurricane Maria.
Miguel Salazar
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Column

Teachers Are Being Trained to Shoot Their Students

But we can’t shoot our way out of America’s gun-violence crisis.
Patricia J. Williams
The News Is Breaking

Poor reporting and the chaos of social media have put responsible journalism in grave danger.
Eric Alterman
The Dawn of an Affair With Stormy Daniels

Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

America Will Be

Joshua Bennett
You’ve Been on Earth So Long Already

Elizabeth Metzger
How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire

Stephen Kinzer’s new history captures how the United States has long been a country guided by both imperialist and isolationist instincts.
Brenda Wineapple
The Men Who Made the Third Reich

How Hitler and the Nazis came to power.
Richard J. Evans
CupcakKe’s Undeniable Joy

The exhilarating freedom and daring of Ephorize.
Bijan Stephen
Weed Shall Overcome

No other TV series captures daily life in New York City quite like HBO’s High Maintenance.
Judy Berman
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