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Trump Is ‘Crazy Like a Fox’: Seymour Hersh

Trump Is ‘Crazy Like a Fox’: Seymour Hersh Trump Is ‘Crazy Like a Fox’: Seymour Hersh

Plus Bryce Covert on homelessness and Viet Thanh Nguyen on refugees.

Jun 7, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Argentina's Lionel Messi

In a Victory for BDS, Argentina’s National Soccer Team Cancels a Game in Israel In a Victory for BDS, Argentina’s National Soccer Team Cancels a Game in Israel

In a mammoth victory for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, the squad of Lionel Messi will not be playing in Jerusalem.

Jun 6, 2018 / Dave Zirin

Trump Putin Vietnam

The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit

Ten ways the new US-Russian Cold War is increasingly becoming more dangerous than the one we survived.

Jun 6, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

When Bobby Kennedy Proposed a Radical Rethink of the Measures of American Progress

When Bobby Kennedy Proposed a Radical Rethink of the Measures of American Progress When Bobby Kennedy Proposed a Radical Rethink of the Measures of American Progress

If he had been elected, there is no telling how transformational this new approach might have been.

Jun 5, 2018 / John Nichols

Meet the New, Super-Expensive Stealth Bomber the US Doesn’t Need

Meet the New, Super-Expensive Stealth Bomber the US Doesn’t Need Meet the New, Super-Expensive Stealth Bomber the US Doesn’t Need

Jimmy Carter once canceled a massive weapons project because it was useless. Would Trump?

Jun 4, 2018 / William J. Astore

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

Rebuilding the Antinuclear Movement Rebuilding the Antinuclear Movement

A fierce resistance to nuclear weapons means disrupting the dominant narratives about nuclear weapons as tools of “safety” and “security” and “peace.”

Jun 1, 2018 / Ray Acheson, Loreta Castro, Beatrice Fihn, Linnet Ngayu, and Carlos Umaña

Jacob Zuma in court

Africa’s Whistle-blowers: ‘All I Did Was Tell the Truth’ Africa’s Whistle-blowers: ‘All I Did Was Tell the Truth’

Those who denounce corruption face hardship and physical danger even when there’s a legal framework that should protect and guarantee them a fair hearing.

Jun 1, 2018 / Olivier Piot

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As Spain’s Government Is Voted Out, Catalonia Continues Its Roller-Coaster Ride As Spain’s Government Is Voted Out, Catalonia Continues Its Roller-Coaster Ride

The Socialist Pedro Sánchez will replace conservative Mariano Rajoy, amid a sea of corruption. But the Catalan conflict has sown deep divisions among those who just ousted Rajoy. &...

Jun 1, 2018 / Sebastiaan Faber and Bécquer Seguín

Greek and Chinese prime ministers on ship at Piraeus port

How Greece’s Busiest Port Reveals the Perils of Privatization How Greece’s Busiest Port Reveals the Perils of Privatization

Dockworkers say the same “harsh neoliberal experiment” that reduced their wages will spread to the rest of Europe.

Jun 1, 2018 / Alexander Saeedy

Airstrikes in Syria

Trump vs. Syrian Refugees: An Interview With Wendy Pearlman Trump vs. Syrian Refugees: An Interview With Wendy Pearlman

The author and researcher talks about the plight of Syrians fleeing their country’s violence.

Jun 1, 2018 / Jon Wiener

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