Politics

‘Biba Guåhan!’: How Guam’s Indigenous Activists Are Confronting Military Colonialism

‘Biba Guåhan!’: How Guam’s Indigenous Activists Are Confronting Military Colonialism ‘Biba Guåhan!’: How Guam’s Indigenous Activists Are Confronting Military Colonialism

As the federal government tries to expand its control of the island, the CHamoru are ready to rise in resistance.

Oct 21, 2019 / Chris Gelardi and Sophia Perez

Ukrainegate Risks Handing Trump Another Gift

Ukrainegate Risks Handing Trump Another Gift Ukrainegate Risks Handing Trump Another Gift

Democrats are again becoming the party of secretive hearings and an all-consuming, bureaucrat-driven scandal.

Oct 18, 2019 / Aaron Maté

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Impeachment

A narrow and quick impeachment is no longer sufficient for a White House that flaunts its crimes.

Oct 18, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence

Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence Peter Handke’s Nobel Condones Violence

One of Sweden’s most important authors on how the Swedish Academy abuses its platform—and the intelligentsia lets it happen.

Oct 18, 2019 / Johannes Anyuru

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Inside Trump’s War on Climate Science Inside Trump’s War on Climate Science

Over drinks, Rod Schoonover, a former intelligence analyst, talks about his experience as a climate-change expert in the Trump administration.

Oct 18, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

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The Greening of the New Deal The Greening of the New Deal

The New Deal succeeded in overcoming the existential threat of the Great Depression. Can the Green New Deal curb a much larger catastrophe?

Oct 18, 2019 / Steve Fraser

Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful

Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful Elijah Cummings Took On the Powerful

The civil rights movement veteran, who was a stalwart champion of unions, challenged abusive presidents, and called out Scott Walker for lying to Congress, died Thursday at 68.

Oct 17, 2019 / John Nichols

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Trump’s Withdrawal From the Open Skies Treaty Jeopardizes US National Security Trump’s Withdrawal From the Open Skies Treaty Jeopardizes US National Security

The president’s foreign policy isn’t “America First,” it’s “America Alone.”

Oct 17, 2019 / James Carden

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Centrist Democrats Want You to Think They’re the Big Boys on the Stage Centrist Democrats Want You to Think They’re the Big Boys on the Stage

To stall the progressive momentum, the centrists are trying to recast their ideas as more pragmatic. The problem is, they’re not.

Oct 17, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Unhinged, Supported by the Unethical

Unhinged, Supported by the Unethical Unhinged, Supported by the Unethical

Check out all installments in the OppArt series.

Oct 17, 2019 / OppArt / Clay Bennett

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