Media

Vladimir Putin

No, It’s Not 1937: Getting Our Words About Russia Right No, It’s Not 1937: Getting Our Words About Russia Right

What Masha Gessen and other journalists get wrong about Putin’s Russia.

Nov 23, 2015 / Matthew Dal Santo

‘Bringing History to Bear’

‘Bringing History to Bear’ ‘Bringing History to Bear’

Celebrating 150 years of dialogue and dissent.

Nov 19, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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The Crazier the Republican Candidates Sound, the More Popular They Become The Crazier the Republican Candidates Sound, the More Popular They Become

Send in the clowns.

Nov 19, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman

A raft of migrants approaches a beach on the Greek island of Lesbos, November 17, 2015.

How the Rich Look Down on Migration How the Rich Look Down on Migration

David Brooks’s $120,000 trip around the world shows us that everything looks beautiful from a distance.

Nov 19, 2015 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War?

Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War? Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War?

Paris and Moscow form an alliance while Washington dithers.

Nov 18, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now?

LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now? LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now?

Race is back where it needs to be at the front and center of our discussions about culture, equality, and freedom in the US—but are we talking about it in the right way?

Nov 17, 2015 / The Nation

Tom Tomorrow

The Very Worst Takeaways From the Paris Attacks The Very Worst Takeaways From the Paris Attacks

Watch out, these takes are sizzling hot!

Nov 17, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Why the Biggest Problem with the Media Is Not ‘Liberal Bias’

Why the Biggest Problem with the Media Is Not ‘Liberal Bias’ Why the Biggest Problem with the Media Is Not ‘Liberal Bias’

It’s as important as ever to reform a corporatized system that’s rigged against the public interest and failing our democracy.

Nov 17, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The staff of Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, demonstrates in Geneva, November 3, 2015.

What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders? What’s the Real Story Behind the American Attack on Doctors Without Borders?

The American government’s changing, contradictory account of the deadly attack on a hospital in Afghanistan has been anything but believable.

Nov 16, 2015 / Laura Gottesdiener

Flyers are seen posted on a college noticeboard on campus at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut November 12, 2015.

Don’t Tell the Student Protesters at Yale to ‘Grow Up’ Don’t Tell the Student Protesters at Yale to ‘Grow Up’

They are already plenty grown up. It’s their adult critics who are behaving like children.

Nov 13, 2015 / Bruce Shapiro

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