When Stadiums Become Potential Killing Fields When Stadiums Become Potential Killing Fields

To attack a stadium is to attack not just people but the ideas of magic and escape in a difficult world.

Nov 18, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War? Will Paris Melt the New US-Russian Cold War?

Paris and Moscow form an alliance while Washington dithers.

Nov 18, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

Paul Ryan’s Alarmist Syrian-Refugee Move Is Playing With Fire Paul Ryan’s Alarmist Syrian-Refugee Move Is Playing With Fire

The House speaker’s call for a ‘‘pause’’ in refugee resettlement only encourages hardliners who want to shutdown the government over the issue.

Nov 18, 2015 / Joan Walsh

European Countries’ Closing Their Borders to Refugees Is Collective Punishment European Countries’ Closing Their Borders to Refugees Is Collective Punishment

EU states’ attempts to “opt out” of international law will only fuel more regional chaos.

Nov 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen

November 18, 1978: Nearly 1,000 Die at the People’s Temple in Jonestown November 18, 1978: Nearly 1,000 Die at the People’s Temple in Jonestown

“They demonstrated an extraordinary communal willingness to work hard and make sacrifices for a cause, ultimately even sacrificing their lives and the lives of their children.”

Nov 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Michael Walzer, Revolutionologist Michael Walzer, Revolutionologist

The political theorist’s new book on national liberation can’t answer one key question: Why have those words become obsolete?

Nov 18, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney

LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now? LIVESTREAM: What Conversations About Race Do We Need to Be Having Right Now?

Race is back where it needs to be at the front and center of our discussions about culture, equality, and freedom in the US—but are we talking about it in the right way?

Nov 17, 2015 / The Nation

The Paris Attacks: What to Say? What to Think? What to Do? The Paris Attacks: What to Say? What to Think? What to Do?

An Algerian writer ponders the brutal and senseless absurdity the jihadis seek to impose.

Nov 17, 2015 / Kamel Daoud

Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences Republican Governors Are Posturing on Refugees, but Their Xenophobia Has Real Consequences

Anti-Muslim hate crimes are up, but that’s not all.

Nov 17, 2015 / John Knefel

The Very Worst Takeaways From the Paris Attacks The Very Worst Takeaways From the Paris Attacks

Nov 17, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow