Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue Letters From the March 6, 2017, Issue
The illegitimate president… Life, death, and the ACA… Resistance primer … Where salvation lies?… The meaning of a free press…
Feb 16, 2017 / Our Readers
Behind the Scenes, Obamacare May Be in Grave Danger Behind the Scenes, Obamacare May Be in Grave Danger
Pay attention to the man behind the curtain.
Feb 16, 2017 / David Dayen
49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing 49 Years Ago, Harry Belafonte Hosted the Tonight Show—and It Was Amazing
He interviewed RFK and MLK months before their deaths. Fifteen of 25 guests were African American.
Feb 16, 2017 / Feature / Joan Walsh
Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop Kremlin-Baiting President Trump (Without Facts) Must Stop
Bipartisan allegations that Trump is a “puppet” of or “compromised” by the Kremlin have grown into latter-day McCarthyism with grave threats to America and the world.
Feb 15, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives Saul Friedländer’s Many Lives
What is the relationship between the Holocaust’s history and its memory?
Feb 15, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
What It’s Like to Be Black and Pregnant When You Know How Dangerous That Can Be What It’s Like to Be Black and Pregnant When You Know How Dangerous That Can Be
I knew I had a find a way to have a healthy birth—despite what the statistics were telling me.
Feb 15, 2017 / Feature / Dani McClain
What’s Killing America’s Black Infants? What’s Killing America’s Black Infants?
Racism is fueling a national health crisis.
Feb 15, 2017 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk The Trump-Bibi-Murdoch Love Triangle Puts Us All at Risk
Flouting the laws and sacrificing truth, the new mogul empire is a perpetual-motion machine fueled almost entirely on bullshit.
Feb 14, 2017 / Column / Eric Alterman
Conservative Media Embrace a Bogus ‘Terror Study’ to Justify Trump’s Travel Ban Conservative Media Embrace a Bogus ‘Terror Study’ to Justify Trump’s Travel Ban
An honest reading of their data reveals just how pointless the policy really is.
Feb 14, 2017 / Joshua Holland
The Trump Administration’s Other War on the Media The Trump Administration’s Other War on the Media
Trump wants to give his corporate allies full control of our media ecosystem. A people-powered movement demanding an open and free Internet is what it will take to stop him.
Feb 14, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel