The United States Is the Real Extremist Country The United States Is the Real Extremist Country
Our investment in destruction is anything but normal.
May 8, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Trump’s Tweets Aren’t the Real Scandal Trump’s Tweets Aren’t the Real Scandal
The spectacle of the Trump administration distracts us from deeper corruption.
May 8, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Robert Reich: The Biggest Economic Problem You Aren’t Hearing About Robert Reich: The Biggest Economic Problem You Aren’t Hearing About
Monopolies are making life worse for the vast majority of us while enriching the very few.
May 8, 2018 / Video / The Nation
Trump’s Denial of TPS to Hondurans Will Break Up Thousands of Families Trump’s Denial of TPS to Hondurans Will Break Up Thousands of Families
He loathes one of our most successful humanitarian programs because it protects people from what he calls “shithole countries.”
May 7, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky
The Troubling Part of Rudy Giuliani’s Interview That Nobody Is Talking About The Troubling Part of Rudy Giuliani’s Interview That Nobody Is Talking About
Giuliani seems to think that President Trump is above the law.
May 4, 2018 / John Nichols
Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment? Should States Tax Opioid Manufacturers to Pay for Addiction Treatment?
Legislation has been introduced in at least 15 states to tax the companies that make and distribute painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin.
May 4, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter
NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment NFL Washington Cheerleaders Go Public With Horrific Treatment
The New York Times tells a story of cheerleaders feeling “pimped out” to team sponsors.
May 4, 2018 / Dave Zirin
All About Pace All About Pace
For all its commercial mass, Avengers: Infinity War floats along as if it were any other item on a day’s menu of diversions.
May 4, 2018 / Stuart Klawans
No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers No Barbed Wire, No Guard Towers
The photographic legacy of the WWII-era detainment of Japanese Americans is itself a product of historical forces.
May 4, 2018 / Madeleine Han
We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child? We’re White. Can We Adopt a Black Child?
Another reader asks about labor organizing in conservative North Dakota.
May 4, 2018 / Asking for a Friend / Liza Featherstone