Politics

Cuban missile crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55 The Cuban Missile Crisis at 55

The bullshit, the truth… and Trump.

Oct 27, 2017 / James G. Blight and Janet M. Lang

Opioid Injection Needles

Can Supervised-Injection Sites Stem the Epidemic of Opioid Deaths? Can Supervised-Injection Sites Stem the Epidemic of Opioid Deaths?

If Trump were serious about reducing the number of fatal opioid overdoses, he might have considered this solution.

Oct 26, 2017 / Jimmy Tobias

Ajit Pai

Trump’s FCC Chair Moves to Undermine Journalism and Democracy Trump’s FCC Chair Moves to Undermine Journalism and Democracy

If media cross-ownership rules are eliminated, monopolies will dominate.

Oct 26, 2017 / John Nichols

John Kelly

The General Speaks The General Speaks

“Video Disproves Story Kelly Told About Lawmaker” —The New York Times At first, he spoke with feeling and made sense. Then, suddenly, toward lies and slurs he lurched. He gave us a…

Oct 26, 2017 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller Stephen Miller

Working from the shadows, Trump’s senior advisor for policy and speechwriter has been pushing the anti-immigrant agenda.

Oct 26, 2017 / OppArt / Robbie Conal

Donald Trump in Florida

Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence Be Worse?   Is Trump Crazy? Would Pence Be Worse?  

Jane Mayer on Pence, Amy Wilentz on Trump, plus Raj Patel on the problem with cheap food.

Oct 26, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense

Hillary Clinton’s If-Onlys

Hillary Clinton’s If-Onlys Hillary Clinton’s If-Onlys

What Happened tells us more about her than about why she lost the election.

Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew

Trump Halloween Mask

In the Era of Trump, Illusions Are Not Reserved for Halloween In the Era of Trump, Illusions Are Not Reserved for Halloween

Be afraid.

Oct 26, 2017 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Tank in Poland

US Double Standards in the New Cold War US Double Standards in the New Cold War

The mainstream American political-media narrative, which powerfully influences the possibility of war or peace with Russia, is dangerously unbalanced.

Oct 25, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Civilian Conservation Corps

The US Needs a New Civilian Conservation Corps The US Needs a New Civilian Conservation Corps

FDR’s CCC worked in the 1930s, and it would work today.

Oct 25, 2017 / Paul J. Baicich

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