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June 22, 2022
The Perils of Shaping a Recalcitrant World
Relying on military power to shape events in distant countries requires very deep pockets and infinite patience—neither of which we currently possess.
Andrew J. Bacevich and Alex Jordan
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June 21, 2022
The Pentagon Gets More Money, and Americans Pay the Price
What’s all this new defense spending for?
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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May 31, 2022
The Biden Administration’s Kayfabe Cold War With China
Though the president’s “pivot to Asia” amounts to little more than saber-rattling, the risks remain very real.
Jeet Heer
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May 25, 2022
Fossil Fuels Are a Threat to National Security
The youth movement urges President Biden to act—with or without Congress.
Jerome Foster, Julia Jackson and Alexandria Villaseñor
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May 23, 2022
Hungarian Rhapsody: The Right Dreams of an “American Orbánism”
Whether it’s a new variation of “the socialism of fools” or the same old fascist shell game, the Hungarian leader’s illiberal democracy has the American right under its spell.
Jeet Heer
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May 20, 2022
The Biggest Blue State Is Ready to Invest in Its People
California is showing what a state with vast resources and progressive political leadership can do if it sets its mind to reform.
Sasha Abramsky
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May 16, 2022
Elise Stefanik’s Crocodile Tears Over the Buffalo Massacre
Two opportunists demonstrate the triumph of Trumpist racism and conspiracy theories.
Jeet Heer
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May 11, 2022
Congress Leaves Those Most Endangered by Covid in the Lurch
The pandemic’s profoundly unequal toll has been made much worse by congressional inaction.
Benjy Renton, Oni Blackstock and Julia Raifman
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April 29, 2022
The Biden Administration Is Leaving the States to Deal With Covid on Their Own
Public Health Emergency measures are slated to end in July—and with them, coverage for millions of Americans.
Aída Chávez
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April 14, 2022
Laughing Ourselves to Death at the Gridiron Dinner
As Democrats embrace rugged individualism, the pundit class leans into public health apartheid.
Gregg Gonsalves