Since When Are Democrats Afraid of Debates? Since When Are Democrats Afraid of Debates?
Neither Hillary nor the other candidates can afford to keep ceding the limelight to the GOP.
Aug 27, 2015 / John Nichols
How the Atheist Son of a Jewish Rabbi Created One of the Greatest Libraries of Socialist Literature How the Atheist Son of a Jewish Rabbi Created One of the Greatest Libraries of Socialist Literature
Books with Marx’s handwritten notes; volumes annotated by Lenin; newspaper clippings from displaced Yiddish journalists—Chimen Abramsky’s book collection had it all.
Aug 27, 2015 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic
What’s driving the president’s bafflingly two-faced climate policy?
Aug 26, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard
Give Trump This: The 14th Amendment Has Been Working Overtime Give Trump This: The 14th Amendment Has Been Working Overtime
How healthy is it to found a democracy on this one slender reed?
Aug 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev
And Henry Kissinger versus US orthodoxy on Ukraine; and Putin versus Stalin on Russia’s past.
Aug 26, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables
An unlikely partnership between Hawaii’s local government and the US military makes the island a leader in energy policy.
Aug 26, 2015 / Juan Cole
Jorge Ramos Challenged Both Trump and an Increasingly Absurd Debate Jorge Ramos Challenged Both Trump and an Increasingly Absurd Debate
Candidates and the process itself should be questioned when realism and humanity are being abandoned.
Aug 26, 2015 / John Nichols
Republicans Aren’t Fooled by Scientists Republicans Aren’t Fooled by Scientists
Everyone knows climate change is just a theory. Also, Al Gore is fat.
Aug 26, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Join a Day of Action to Support Diplomacy With Iran Join a Day of Action to Support Diplomacy With Iran
Today people across the country will gather outside congressional offices in support of diplomacy over war.
Aug 25, 2015 / NationAction
The Danger of ‘Foreign Policy by Bumper Sticker’ The Danger of ‘Foreign Policy by Bumper Sticker’
The GOP’s paranoia and hubris promises yet another self-inflicted foreign policy disaster.
Aug 25, 2015 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel