Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’ Even a Vacuous Mueller Report Won’t End ‘Russiagate’
Too many reputations and other interests are vested in the legend for it to vanish from American politics anytime soon.
Mar 14, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans The TV Series Derailing Bail Reform in New Orleans
The tough-on-crime spin is undercutting the hard work of activists and criminal justice experts in the city.
Mar 14, 2019 / Emmeline Clein
Media, Mass Murder, and the Law: A Q&A With Maria Ressa Media, Mass Murder, and the Law: A Q&A With Maria Ressa
The founder of Rappler tells The Nation about her fight to keep independent journalism alive in the Philippines.
Mar 7, 2019 / Q&A / Noah Flora
The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’ The Long History of US-Russian ‘Meddling’
The two governments have repeatedly interfered in each other’s domestic politics during the past 100 years—and it’s not all bad.
Mar 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Post-Apocalyptic Novel Meets the Trump Presidency (Aboard a Giant Zeppelin) The Post-Apocalyptic Novel Meets the Trump Presidency (Aboard a Giant Zeppelin)
Mark Doten’s masterful satiric novel Trump Sky Alpha imagines how a world without the internet pushed Trump to doomsday measures.
Mar 6, 2019 / Lisa Borst
Move Fast and Build Solidarity Move Fast and Build Solidarity
Activism at Google and Amazon paid off. But can the emerging “tech left” forge long-term alliances between janitors, drivers, and engineers?
Mar 6, 2019 / Feature / Avi Asher-Schapiro
Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom
In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.
Feb 21, 2019 / Stephanie Wykstra
How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.
Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Are We Witnessing the End of News? Are We Witnessing the End of News?
If you think the media are in trouble now, just wait till there’s a recession.
Feb 20, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right Trump’s ‘Caravan’ Is a Made-up Monster Fabricated by the Far Right
How a group of white nationalists lobbied the President to turn desperate refugees into the enemy.
Feb 8, 2019 / Ian Allen