Politics

Khizr Khan holds copy of Constitution

The Only Way for Muslim Americans to Be Considered Patriotic: Stay Silent The Only Way for Muslim Americans to Be Considered Patriotic: Stay Silent

From Khizr Khan to Fareed Zakaria, Muslims who speak out are smeared as un-American.

Sep 14, 2016 / Between the Lines / Laila Lalami

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine? Will US Hawks Again Thwart Yet Another Chance to Diminish the New Cold War in Syria and Ukraine?

Pro-détente diplomacy is being fiercely opposed by detractors from Washington to Kiev.

Sep 14, 2016 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen

Workers rally for a living wage in New York City, Nov. 11, 2015.

The Federal Poverty Line Is Too Damn Low The Federal Poverty Line Is Too Damn Low

New data on poverty is encouraging, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.

Sep 14, 2016 / Shawn Fremstad

Donald Trump Matt Lauer forum

‘Normalizing’ Trump ‘Normalizing’ Trump

Despite all evidence to the contrary, the media insistently portray Trump as a normal candidate.

Sep 14, 2016 / Eric Alterman

Donald and Ivanka Trump

Donald Trump’s Plans to Help Women Are Ridiculously Regressive Donald Trump’s Plans to Help Women Are Ridiculously Regressive

Funding for “maternity leave,” plus a child-care tax credit that favors the rich, are programs targeted at the well-off white women who are abandoning the GOP.

Sep 14, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Ohio early voting

Ohio Keeps Making It Harder to Vote Ohio Keeps Making It Harder to Vote

Black voters were five times more likely than whites to cast a ballot during the early voting days eliminated by Ohio Republicans.

Sep 13, 2016 / Ari Berman

US Mexico Border

America Wanted to Keep Immigrants Out Long Before Donald Trump Was Even Born America Wanted to Keep Immigrants Out Long Before Donald Trump Was Even Born

The United States was an explicitly racist project intended to populate the land with white people—maybe that’s what Donald means by “Make America Great Again”?

Sep 13, 2016 / Aviva Chomsky

Dakota Access Pipeline

The Standing Rock Sioux Have Been Heard. Now What? The Standing Rock Sioux Have Been Heard. Now What?

Construction on a part of the Dakota Access Pipeline has been suspended, but protesters aren’t going anywhere. 

Sep 13, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton

Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.

Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

Lessons From Donald Trump’s Biggest Hero Lessons From Donald Trump’s Biggest Hero

Step 1: Become president of your country without ever having held elective office.

Sep 13, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

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