The Deferred Dream of Barack Obama The Deferred Dream of Barack Obama
His presidency remains symbolic—but it has become an emblem of America’s refusal to truly change.
Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Gary Younge
Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room Barack Obama Was Too Cool for the Press Room
The president’s insistence on thinking before acting drove the media around the bend... and toward Donald Trump.
Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Happened to the Change We Once Believed In What Happened to the Change We Once Believed In
After two terms, Obama leaves behind a legacy of promises kept—and broken.
Dec 15, 2016 / Column / Laila Lalami
John Bolton’s Cozy Relationship With Anti-Muslim Hate Groups Should Disqualify Him From Public Service John Bolton’s Cozy Relationship With Anti-Muslim Hate Groups Should Disqualify Him From Public Service
Trump’s likely nominee for deputy secretary of state has a long history of making enemies on both sides of the aisle—and of vouching for Islamophobic propagandists.
Dec 14, 2016 / Eli Clifton
Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality Normalizing Denial: Trump, Tillerson, and Climate Reality
A political culture that can accommodate Exxon’s climate denial is a political culture ripe for Trump.
Dec 14, 2016 / Wen Stephenson
The Ten Best Albums of 2016 The Ten Best Albums of 2016
As the business of recorded music roils, the making of music rolls on.
Dec 14, 2016 / David Hajdu
This Is What Could Happen to Reproductive Rights Under the Trump Administration This Is What Could Happen to Reproductive Rights Under the Trump Administration
It’s going to be ugly.
Dec 14, 2016 / Rebecca Grant
What Happens When Zika Hits the Country With the World’s Strictest Abortion Laws? What Happens When Zika Hits the Country With the World’s Strictest Abortion Laws?
Abortion is illegal in El Salvador—even in the midst of a public health crisis. But some feminists and doctors are fighting back.
Dec 14, 2016 / Madeleine Schwartz
The Mysterious Magnetism of Michelle Obama The Mysterious Magnetism of Michelle Obama
How did the first lady, a model of intelligence and grace, manage to keep her composure?
Dec 14, 2016 / Feature / Adrienne Kennedy
Michelle Obama, Between Respectability and Radicalism Michelle Obama, Between Respectability and Radicalism
While we took pride in the first lady, activists changed what she could do.
Dec 14, 2016 / Feature / Joelle Gamble