Remembering Les Payne (1941–2018) Remembering Les Payne (1941–2018)
Reflections on the journalism pathbreaker.
Mar 30, 2018 / Gene Seymour
If the Trump Administration Gives You Déjà Vu, This Is Why If the Trump Administration Gives You Déjà Vu, This Is Why
The president is an excellent recycler—of war crimes.
Mar 30, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War Unproven Allegations Against Trump and Putin Are Risking Nuclear War
“Russiagate” and the Skirpal affair have escalated dangers inherent in the new Cold War beyond those of the preceding one.
Mar 28, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Left’s Embrace of Empire The Left’s Embrace of Empire
The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.
Mar 28, 2018 / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
The Threat of a Trade War Is Overblown―Real War Is Far More Likely The Threat of a Trade War Is Overblown―Real War Is Far More Likely
America’s trading partners will probably just wait for Trump to move on to his next distraction—which could be a shooting war.
Mar 28, 2018 / Mark Weisbrot
In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death In Kenya, Election Manipulation Is a Matter of Life and Death
Social media amplify the threat posed by Cambridge Analytica and the rest of Africa’s secretive political-consulting industry.
Mar 28, 2018 / Nanjala Nyabola
Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap Let’s Not Fall Into the Cold-War Arms-Control Trap
For our national security, we need self-control more than we need arms-control talks.
Mar 27, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence
Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet Trump’s Most Dangerous Betrayal Yet
Trump’s presidency has taken a foreboding turn—from madcap farce and unending melodrama toward grim tragedy.
Mar 27, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Donald Trump Has Been True to His Word on Human Rights Donald Trump Has Been True to His Word on Human Rights
His friendships with the world’s most notorious autocrats tell us everything we need to know.
Mar 26, 2018 / John Feffer
What Congress Can Do to Check a Warmongering Lunatic What Congress Can Do to Check a Warmongering Lunatic
John Bolton’s appointment as national-security adviser does not require Senate confirmation. That doesn’t mean Congress is powerless.
Mar 26, 2018 / John Nichols