Media Analysis

Donald Trump in the Spin Room

We’re Obsessed With Donald Trump. That’s Not a Bad Thing. We’re Obsessed With Donald Trump. That’s Not a Bad Thing.

If we want to understand how we got to this point, we have to look closely at the monster we elected.

Nov 30, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

White nationalist Richard Spencer

How to Interview a Nazi How to Interview a Nazi

White supremacists should be challenged—not indulged.

Nov 29, 2017 / Column / Gary Younge

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5

By declaring Putin’s Russia to be the greatest danger to America, the political-media establishment itself is endangering US national security.

Nov 27, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

LaVar Ball on CNN

About LaVar Ball vs. Donald Trump About LaVar Ball vs. Donald Trump

In a stable country, we would not be talking about this feud of the blowhards. This is not a stable country.

Nov 21, 2017 / Dave Zirin

Net Neutrality Protest

Take Urgent Action for Net Neutrality, Plus: A Thanksgiving Table DREAM Act Toolkit Take Urgent Action for Net Neutrality, Plus: A Thanksgiving Table DREAM Act Toolkit

Take Action Now gives you three meaningful actions each week.

Nov 21, 2017 / NationAction

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Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia Fake News and the Death of Democracy in Cambodia

Forget tanks and rifles. Like other autocrats, Cambodia’s Hun Sen uses fake news to justify oppression.

Nov 21, 2017 / Geoffrey Cain

Trump Putin Vietnam

‘Russiagate’ Zealots (Mainly Democrats) Have Become a Major Threat to US National Security ‘Russiagate’ Zealots (Mainly Democrats) Have Become a Major Threat to US National Security

At an international summit in Vietnam last week, President Trump took necessary steps to reduce the perils of the new Cold War with Russia. Liberal Democrats call it “treasonous.”

Nov 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Roy-Moore

We Can’t End Sexual Harassment if We Make It a Partisan Issue We Can’t End Sexual Harassment if We Make It a Partisan Issue

Sexual harassment is not limited to any party, race, or religion.

Nov 15, 2017 / Column / Laila Lalami

2008 Republican National Convention

The Rot Inside the Republican Party The Rot Inside the Republican Party

Rupert Murdoch’s media properties are helping to drive the right wing’s moral decay.

Nov 15, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman

Wall of Sorrow Moscow

The Unheralded Putin—Russia’s Official Anti-Stalinist No. 1 The Unheralded Putin—Russia’s Official Anti-Stalinist No. 1

A memorial monument to Stalin’s millions of victims—the subject of intense political struggle for more than 50 years—was commemorated in Moscow by Vladimir Putin, whose support at ...

Nov 8, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

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