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Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 13, 2017, Issue

We were immigrants once… Truly democratic, truly national… Trump’s uncivil acts… Sleuths with pens… Righteous resistance… We’ve got you covered …

Feb 23, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Is Détente Really Dead? Is Détente Really Dead?

Washington and Moscow observers are saying American allegations that President Trump is a Kremlin puppet have killed the new Russia policy he promised.

Feb 22, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Flynn at White House

Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive Neo-McCarthyite Furor Around Russia Is Counterproductive

Common sense is getting lost in the frenzy. What we don’t need is a replay of Cold War hysteria that cuts off debate and slanders skeptics.

Feb 21, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Free Press activists rally for net neutrality.

Net Neutrality Is in Danger. Tell the FCC Why We Need It Net Neutrality Is in Danger. Tell the FCC Why We Need It

Our new FCC chairman has said that net neutrality’s “days are numbered.”

Feb 16, 2017 / no-paywall / NationAction

Donald Trump in State Dining Room

Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop

Bipartisan allegations that Trump is a “puppet” of or “compromised” by the Kremlin have grown into latter-day McCarthyism with grave threats to America and the world.

Feb 15, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts

Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts Edward Jay Epstein’s Alternative Facts

A new book suggests Snowden may have been a spy, but what it reveals is its author’s own duplicity.

Feb 14, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sue Halpern

This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media

This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media This WWII Military Strategy Perfectly Explains What Trump Is Doing to the Media

He’s making it difficult to pick out the signal from the noise.

Feb 9, 2017 / Editorial / D.D. Guttenplan

Ukrainian Tanks

Ukraine Revisited Ukraine Revisited

From the beginning of the crisis more than three years ago, false (or half-true) narratives have dominated US media accounts and policymaking.

Feb 8, 2017 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III

Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III Steve Bannon Wants To Start World War III

His 2009 film, Generation Zero, shows a hellishly bleak vision of our past, present, and future, driven by a magical belief in historical determinism.

Feb 8, 2017 / Blog / Micah L. Sifry

Trump silhouette

Words in the Age of Trump Words in the Age of Trump

Along with a new president, Americans are confronted with coming to grips with a new vocabulary.

Feb 3, 2017 / Leslie Savan

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