How America Turned on Itself How America Turned on Itself
Amid talk of “civil war,” it’s impossible to imagine the violence of this moment in the absence of America’s forever wars abroad.
Oct 6, 2020 / Andrew McCormick
31 Days Until the Election 31 Days Until the Election
Vanity UnFair: Trump dismantles democracy.
Oct 3, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan
Trump Embodies America’s Dreams of Destruction Trump Embodies America’s Dreams of Destruction
The president’s threats are strangely unexceptional and unnervingly all-American.
Oct 1, 2020 / William J. Astore
How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War
In 1946, a New Yorker report following six survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast forced an entire country to look in the mirror.
Sep 28, 2020 / Nick Turse
Countdown to Election: 52 Days Countdown to Election: 52 Days
Nothing comic about Trump’s actions.
Sep 19, 2020 / OppArt / R. Sikoryak
Defense Contractors Don’t Need Another Covid Bailout Defense Contractors Don’t Need Another Covid Bailout
Despite their claims, defense spending isn’t driving major job growth. It just makes shareholders wealthier.
Sep 16, 2020 / Mandy Smithberger
The Incantatory Power of Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander The Incantatory Power of Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander
The two artistic geniuses—a novelist and a visual artist—discuss US politics, Islamophobia, and their recent work.
Sep 15, 2020 / Q&A / Ayad Akhtar and Shahzia Sikander
Did US Lobbying Efforts Backfire for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement? Did US Lobbying Efforts Backfire for Hong Kong’s Pro-Democracy Movement?
Hong Kong activist Jeffrey Ngo defends his Capitol Hill photo-ops.
Sep 14, 2020 / Q&A / Wilfred Chan
Tom Seaver’s Major League Protest Tom Seaver’s Major League Protest
When we remember “Tom Terrific,” let’s not forget the way the Mets great, at the height of his fame, stuck his neck out to oppose the war in Vietnam.
Sep 11, 2020 / Kelly Candaele and Peter Dreier