US Foreign Policy Is for Sale US Foreign Policy Is for Sale
Washington think tanks receive millions of dollars from authoritarian governments to shape foreign policy in their favor.
Feb 21, 2019 / Benjamin Freeman
Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom Fixing Tech’s Ethics Problem Starts in the Classroom
In the age of big data, some universities are trying to train future technologists to consider the implications of tools before they’re used.
Feb 21, 2019 / Stephanie Wykstra
Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up Heather Nauert’s 15 Minutes at the UN Are Up
The former Fox presenter will not be the next US ambassador to the United Nations—but another Trump crony surely will.
Feb 21, 2019 / Barbara Crossette
A Tale of Two Cities in the Grips of the Opioid Crisis A Tale of Two Cities in the Grips of the Opioid Crisis
Vancouver and Philadelphia are both facing overdose epidemics—but one city has found a way to keep people alive.
Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / Maia Szalavitz
The Southern Paradox: The Democratic Party Below the Mason-Dixon Line The Southern Paradox: The Democratic Party Below the Mason-Dixon Line
Why and how the region switched from being the stronghold of one party to the base of its adversary.
Feb 21, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats
The 2020 presidential candidate has a long track record of opposing lobbyists, billionaires, the Republicans—and her own party.
Feb 21, 2019 / Feature / George Zornick
Naomi Klein: To Fight Climate Change, We Have to Radically Rethink What Is Possible Naomi Klein: To Fight Climate Change, We Have to Radically Rethink What Is Possible
Plus: Dahlia Lithwick on Trump’s fake “Emergency” and Manuel Pastor on California vs. Trump.
Feb 21, 2019 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible Pete Buttigieg Understands What’s at Stake, and What’s Possible
What makes Buttigieg’s campaigning most interesting is the intense focus he has placed on the need to renew and extend American democracy.
Feb 20, 2019 / John Nichols
How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics How the Russiagate Investigation Is Sovietizing American Politics
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.
Feb 20, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
Is Trump a Racist? Is Trump a Racist?
Yes, but that’s the wrong question.
Feb 20, 2019 / Steve Phillips