Government

Joe Biden military

Biden’s First Pentagon Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer Biden’s First Pentagon Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer

The mind-boggling budget underscores just how misguided Washington’s current “security” policies really are.

Jul 1, 2021 / Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung

Celebrating the Holidays

Celebrating the Holidays Celebrating the Holidays

Remembering our history.

Jun 30, 2021 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

beach

Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal Maybe We Shouldn’t Go Back to Normal

“Normal has always been a perilous reality.”

Jun 30, 2021 / Bri M.

AOC Sunrise Movement

The Sunrise Movement Calls for a Better Infrastructure Deal The Sunrise Movement Calls for a Better Infrastructure Deal

At a rally at the White House on Monday, hundreds of young activists demanded that President Biden take a bold stance on climate change.

Jun 30, 2021 / Aída Chávez

The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech

The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech The Biden Administration and Congress Have a Chance to Tame Big Tech

Technology companies in particular have established anticompetitive policies that for too long have gone unchecked.

Jun 29, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Aliens Are Coming to Help The Aliens Are Coming to Help

Liberals will try to create a scandal out of even the smallest space invasion.

Jun 29, 2021 / Tom Tomorrow

Joe Biden Presidency

These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go

Joe Biden has already given us a sense of what to expect from this administration—and what we should worry about.

Jun 29, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Senator Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent

Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.

Jun 28, 2021 / Obituary / John Nichols

Ebrahim Raisi

Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran

The religious right captured the presidency, but voters still registered their dissent.

Jun 28, 2021 / Dostmohammad Punjabi

Ploughshares

Ploughshares Ploughshares

Deeper holes.

Jun 28, 2021 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

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