Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain Trump’s Tariff Shock and the China Supply Chain
We are now in a trade war with China, and the only question is: How long before Trump (and America) blink?
Apr 16, 2025 / James K. Galbraith
Israel’s Genocide Has Resumed—and So Have the Media’s Failures Israel’s Genocide Has Resumed—and So Have the Media’s Failures
Israel has returned to full-scale slaughter in Gaza. Western outlets have returned to the same disastrous coverage of the past 18 months.
Apr 14, 2025 / Assal Rad
Ukraine’s Dangerous Illusion of New Nuclear Energy Ukraine’s Dangerous Illusion of New Nuclear Energy
Nuclear plants are prime targets in wartime Ukraine. Renewables are safer, cheaper—and already on the rise.
Apr 10, 2025 / Paul Hockenos
The Labyrinth of European Rearmament The Labyrinth of European Rearmament
The European Union’s rush to increase military spending is as much about appeasing Washington as achieving actual “strategic autonomy.”
Apr 9, 2025 / Harrison Stetler
Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration Trump Is Loomering His Own Administration
The ongoing internal witch hunt led by the far-right provocateur is a sign of a GOP crack-up.
Apr 7, 2025 / Jeet Heer
Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover
The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.
Apr 7, 2025 / Charles Glass
Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy? Is Europe the Last Champion of Liberal Democracy?
At the moment, unfortunately, it seems more likely that Europe will be the last powerful holdout in a world entering a new political Dark Age.
Apr 4, 2025 / John Feffer
Could the US and China Conclude an Agreement Halting the Momentum Toward Conflict? Could the US and China Conclude an Agreement Halting the Momentum Toward Conflict?
How Trump’s attack on the global order endangers a deal Beijing might otherwise accept.
Apr 3, 2025 / Jake Werner
Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump Worse Than McCarthyism: Universities in the Age of Trump
The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
Apr 3, 2025 / Ellen Schrecker
Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror
The antidemocratic policies put in place after 9/11 have come home to roost.
Apr 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg