Make Parallel America Great Again! Make Parallel America Great Again!
Perhaps in another dimension Robert Mueller can finally get things right.
Jul 30, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
A Local Newspaper Just Put a Vile President in His Place A Local Newspaper Just Put a Vile President in His Place
The Baltimore Sun provided all the evidence needed for why local newspapers must maintain strong editorial voices.
Jul 29, 2019 / John Nichols
It Doesn’t Matter Whether Trump Is Trying to Distract You It Doesn’t Matter Whether Trump Is Trying to Distract You
We can’t ignore a president who spews Ku Klux Klan–level rhetoric, but neither can we allow him to colonize our collective imagination.
Jul 29, 2019 / Column / Eric Alterman
Goodbye to Free-Thought Icon and Merry Prankster Paul Krassner Goodbye to Free-Thought Icon and Merry Prankster Paul Krassner
Atheist, anarchist, cofounder of the Yippies, and countercultural provocateur, Paul leaves The Realist as his greatest legacy.
Jul 26, 2019 / Danny Goldberg
A New Commitment to Covering the Climate Story A New Commitment to Covering the Climate Story
More than 300 news outlets sign on for #CoveringClimateNow.
Jul 26, 2019 / Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope
Peace in Ukraine? Peace in Ukraine?
The friends and foes of a Kiev-Moscow settlement.
Jul 24, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Overlooked Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren The Overlooked Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
It’s their approach to party politics—not policy—that truly sets the progressive senators apart.
Jul 23, 2019 / Aidan Smith
Every Pundit Urging Moderation Was Wrong in 2016, and They’re Wrong Now Every Pundit Urging Moderation Was Wrong in 2016, and They’re Wrong Now
The difference is that this time, progressives will not negotiate with hostage-takers.
Jul 19, 2019 / Elie Mystal
Should We Have a Right to Troll Politicians on Twitter? Should We Have a Right to Troll Politicians on Twitter?
The courts say we do, but I’m not so sure.
Jul 18, 2019 / Alexis Grenell
Who’s Afraid of William Barr? Who’s Afraid of William Barr?
Liberals and other Democrats seem to want to cover up the CIA’s role in Russiagate.
Jul 17, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen