The Secret Daniel Ellsberg Really Worries About

The author and former military analyst tells The Nation that it’s still US policy to launch a first-strike nuclear attack.

Mark Hertsgaard

Comix Nation

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Matt Bors

Paul Ryan’s Cruel Vision—and the Red-State Rebellion Against It

His plutocratic policies have provoked a growing backlash, in the form of teacher strikes and demonstrations from West Virginia and Kentucky to Oklahoma and Arizona.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

American Air Strikes in Syria Do Nothing to Further Justice for the Victims of the Attack on Douma

There is no legal justification for the current US troop presence in Syria, let alone additional air strikes.

Phyllis Bennis

Power Needs to Be Restored to Internet Users

The problem is bigger than Facebook.

Micah L. Sifry

How ICE Puts a Generation at Risk

Young people are left to grapple with the consequences of every raid—sometimes for years.

Laila Lalami

John Bolton Replaces H.R. McMaster

Calvin Trillin

Lose Newspapers and You Lose Your Democracy

Eric Alterman

Letters From the May 14, 2018, Issue

A worthy tribute… Beyond the border of cruelty… What took so long?…

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