Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans Chronicling the Age of Hobsbawm: A Q&A With Historian Richard Evans
“The more I have read his writings, the more I have come to admire and respect him not just as an historian but as a person.”
Apr 26, 2019 / Sebastiaan Faber
Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions. Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions.
If you think the fight with insurance companies is tough, just wait until single-payer advocates have to go head-to-head with doctors.
Apr 26, 2019 / Mike Konczal
Jon Snow Would Vote Against Brexit Jon Snow Would Vote Against Brexit
As in Game of Thrones, Brexit’s villains are extremists fixated on short-term personal gain at the expense of everyone else.
Apr 26, 2019 / Peter Biskind
Notre Dame Is Not the Only Fire Worth Worrying Over Notre Dame Is Not the Only Fire Worth Worrying Over
The global response to climate change is akin to Paris completely ignoring the cathedral’s near destruction.
Apr 25, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill? Ralph Northam Says He’s Committed to Racial Equity. So Why is He Ignoring Union Hill?
Residents of a historic African-American community in Virginia are asking the governor to keep a major natural-gas project out of their town.
Apr 25, 2019 / Jesse James DeConto
Good Luck, Joe Biden! You’ll Need It. Good Luck, Joe Biden! You’ll Need It.
Biden may still be the front-runner in this race, but there’s absolutely no sign that he gets where he’s out of step with the party base.
Apr 25, 2019 / Joan Walsh
Here’s a Handy Impeachment Refresher for Donald Trump Here’s a Handy Impeachment Refresher for Donald Trump
The president’s latest idiocy reveals his staggering ignorance of the Constitution he swore an oath to defend.
Apr 25, 2019 / John Nichols
Selling Black and Brown Voters Down the River, One Fox News Town Hall at a Time Selling Black and Brown Voters Down the River, One Fox News Town Hall at a Time
Democratic candidates need to stop showing up on a white-supremacist network.
Apr 25, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Quelle Chris Upends How We Talk About Guns Quelle Chris Upends How We Talk About Guns
The Detroit rapper’s new album offers a panorama of gun culture that brims with disarming nuance and clarity.
Apr 25, 2019 / Stephen Kearse
Bill McKibben: The ‘Debate’ Over Global Warming Was Always Phony Bill McKibben: The ‘Debate’ Over Global Warming Was Always Phony
But now we have a small window to stave off the worst-case climate-change scenario.
Apr 25, 2019 / Jon Wiener