The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview The Myth of Trump’s Alternative Worldview
His foreign policy isn’t an alternative to US empire. It’s a cruder rendition of it.
Aug 10, 2016 / John Feffer
Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure Olympic Joy in the Face of Erasure
On the mat, Rafaela Silva won for her marginalized favela. In the streets, activists are winning the right to protest.
Aug 10, 2016 / Dave Zirin
Neo-McCarthyite Kremlin-Baiting of Trump Continues to Prevent Urgent Policy Debates Neo-McCarthyite Kremlin-Baiting of Trump Continues to Prevent Urgent Policy Debates
While pro-Clinton “liberals” and others escalate their slurring of Trump as Putin’s “agent” and “puppet,” international developments vital to US interests are being ignored in this...
Aug 10, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust
He’s pushing the same old failures of Reaganomics: tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, along with nostalgia for an industrial era long gone.
Aug 10, 2016 / Jeff Madrick
‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert ‘They’re Coming for the Ones You Love’: My Weekend of Gun Training in the Desert
At Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, fear is a booming business.
Aug 10, 2016 / Feature / Patrick Blanchfield
Paul Ryan Won His Primary, but He’s Still the GOP’s Fading Star Paul Ryan Won His Primary, but He’s Still the GOP’s Fading Star
The only time we hear from Ryan anymore is when Donald Trump talks about him.
Aug 9, 2016 / John Nichols
Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated? Did Donald Trump Just Suggest Hillary Should Be Assassinated?
It’s not about what Trump truly meant, but what his supporters will hear.
Aug 9, 2016 / George Zornick
Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con Donald Trump Is Already Setting Up His Next Con
Trump’s lies about election rigging will do real damage to a Clinton presidency.
Aug 9, 2016 / Joan Walsh
The Circus and This Year’s Presidential Election Have More in Common Than You Think The Circus and This Year’s Presidential Election Have More in Common Than You Think
Elephants, a ringleader who’s a walking Ponzi scheme, and insults flying left and right—welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth.
Aug 9, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable Hillary Clinton’s Embrace of Kissinger Is Inexcusable
Bernie Sanders should call on her to repudiate him as the war criminal he is.
Aug 9, 2016 / Greg Grandin