The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump The Importance of Palmyra, Colonizing Kiev, and Donald Trump
The Syrian-Russian retaking of a major ISIS stronghold and the West’s further control over the Kiev government refute the orthodox US narrative of the new Cold War, which Trump is ...
Mar 30, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
Abortion Opponents Have a New Tactic—and It Could Actually Kill Women Abortion Opponents Have a New Tactic—and It Could Actually Kill Women
Utah’s governor has signed a bill requiring women obtaining an abortion at 20 weeks or later to be anesthetized.
Mar 29, 2016 / Zoë Carpenter
These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs These Politicians Think Your Kids Need High-Stakes Testing—but Not Theirs
These politicians send their own kids to progressive schools that eschew rote learning.
Mar 29, 2016 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal
Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse? Is Tinder Making Economic Inequality Worse?
In theory, dating apps make it easier to meet people outside our social strata. In practice, we swipe right on people with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
Mar 29, 2016 / Eliza Schultz
What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment What Obama Has Gotten Right About the Foreign-Policy Establishment
What we need today is a serious and sustained challenge to the “credibility” addiction that has failed our country for so long.
Mar 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who Can Change the American University? Who Can Change the American University?
Many professors won’t support their students who are protesting campus racism—even when they want to.
Mar 29, 2016 / Eve Dunbar
The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine The US Wants to Deport This Palestinian—but First It’d Have to Recognize Palestine
Officially “stateless” in the eyes of the US government, Hisham Shaban Ghalia has ground the mechanisms of deportation to a halt.
Mar 28, 2016 / John Washington
Don’t Blame It All on Donald Trump Don’t Blame It All on Donald Trump
To treat Trump’s candidacy as an anomaly is to overlook the system that gave birth to it.
Mar 28, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US 52 Women Are Shot to Death by Their Husbands and Boyfriends Every Month in the US
That is unacceptable.
Mar 28, 2016 / Brave New Films
Kevin Turner Dies From ALS, the NFL Does Not Give a Damn Kevin Turner Dies From ALS, the NFL Does Not Give a Damn
Kevin Turner played in the National Football League for eight years. When he died, the NFL said nothing. They could have started by asking for forgiveness.
Mar 28, 2016 / Dave Zirin