President Obama’s Last Confession President Obama’s Last Confession
Gasp!
Jan 10, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump How Decades of Disappointment Won the Election for Donald Trump
Lost wars, globalization, and the resulting bitterness brought a vote against shattered expectations.
Jan 10, 2017 / Andrew J. Bacevich
The One Law That Could Have Prevented the Fort Lauderdale Shooting The One Law That Could Have Prevented the Fort Lauderdale Shooting
If Alaska had a gun-violence restraining order on the books, Esteban Santiago might never have made it to Florida with a deadly arsenal.
Jan 9, 2017 / Bruce Shapiro
Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced Trump Could Be the Most Hostile American President the UN Has Ever Faced
Plus, there’s a Republican-led Congress itching to diminish the role of the organization and bankrupt many of its programs.
Jan 9, 2017 / Barbara Crossette
Nat Hentoff, Freedom Fighter Nat Hentoff, Freedom Fighter
The legendary critic, who died recently at the age of 91, passionately defended freedom of expression in jazz, politics, and life.
Jan 9, 2017 / Richard Kreitner
Athletes Shouldn’t Visit Trump’s White House Athletes Shouldn’t Visit Trump’s White House
To visit the Trump White House is to normalize a presidency that is anything but normal.
Jan 9, 2017 / Dave Zirin
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Is a Wildly Popular Fascist Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Is a Wildly Popular Fascist
Now what?
Jan 9, 2017 / Walden Bello
The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever The New Intelligence Report On Russia Shows We Need An Independent Bipartisan Commission Now More Than Ever
The report contains not a shred of forensic evidence that the Russian government directed the hacks of the DNC or of John Podesta.
Jan 9, 2017 / James Carden
Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General Jeff Sessions Is Just Not in the Same League as Former Attorneys General
From Herbert Brownell to Robert F. Kennedy to Loretta Lynch, attorneys general have upheld the law and fought for justice. Would Sessions?
Jan 9, 2017 / Nan Aron
Declaration of Moral Action Against the Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions Declaration of Moral Action Against the Nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions
A joint statement of interfaith clergy and moral leaders urges Congress not to confirm Sessions as attorney general of United States.
Jan 9, 2017 / Repairers of the Breach and Faith in Public Life