Decoding a Homeland Security Leak Decoding a Homeland Security Leak
An intelligence report on threats to the 2020 election, translated into plain English.
Sep 22, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
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
59 Days Until the Election 59 Days Until the Election
There’s a monster under America’s bed.
Sep 12, 2020 / OppArt / Ann Telnaes, Rob Rogers, and Bill Bramhall
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
The US Is a Failed State The US Is a Failed State
In less than four years, Donald Trump has exacerbated nearly every issue plaguing this country, from income inequality to global warming.
Sep 10, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Trump’s Fake Anti-War Posturing Works for Him Trump’s Fake Anti-War Posturing Works for Him
Democrats have ceded opposition to the military-industrial complex to a belligerent fraud.
Sep 9, 2020 / Jeet Heer
Trump’s Vile Military Comments Are a Window Into His Soul Trump’s Vile Military Comments Are a Window Into His Soul
As disturbing as they are, Trump’s dismissals of dead soldiers as “losers” are more about personality than politics.
Sep 7, 2020 / Jeet Heer