Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying. Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying.
We can’t expect the Pentagon to serve taxpayers first unless long-standing ties to private defense contractors are undone.
Sep 26, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump
The president has so thoroughly annexed the GOP that it’s going to be hard for its leaders to cut their losses—even as he flails.
Sep 26, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Puzzle No. 3511 Puzzle No. 3511
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 8 Reed concealing sheep left a smoky hole in the ground (8) 9 Operator with tractor trailer in the beginning (6) 10 …
Sep 26, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants
The strikes did not claim any human victims, they claimed oil, millions and millions of barrels of it—which is precisely why it may lead to war.
Sep 26, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years. 43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years.
September 26 marks the fifth anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College by government forces in Guerrero, Mexico. There are ...
Sep 26, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Stop Getting Married on Plantations Stop Getting Married on Plantations
Monuments to slavery won’t lose their romantic allure until Americans understand the horrors of their own history.
Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself A New Generation of Jewish Activists Is Transforming Judaism Itself
Atalia Omer’s new book considers how American Jews are making solidarity with Palestinians a central feature of their spiritual practice and identity.
Sep 26, 2019 / Nathan Goldman
The Climate Movement Breaks Through The Climate Movement Breaks Through
Translating urgency into political action is the next task of the climate movement—and a more difficult one.
Sep 26, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter
Making Sense of Trump’s Rise Making Sense of Trump’s Rise
Three new books try to explain how we got such a massive jerk in the White House.
Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Impeachment at Last Impeachment at Last
Jeet Heer on the Democrats and Trump, Eric Foner on voting rights, and Jane McElevey on the UAW strike.
Sep 26, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener