The Nuclear Posture Review Signals a New Arms Race The Nuclear Posture Review Signals a New Arms Race
We need to revive momentum for reducing nuclear weapons, not for “modernizing” them.
Feb 13, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Olympics Land on South Korea, Destroying Acres of Sacred Forests The Olympics Land on South Korea, Destroying Acres of Sacred Forests
What are we to make of the 2018 Winter Olympics?
Feb 13, 2018 / Podcast / Dave Zirin
The Farce of the ‘Olympic Athletes from Russia’ The Farce of the ‘Olympic Athletes from Russia’
The IOC wants to look tough on doping, but the designation has fanned the very nationalism that the Olympics are supposed to hedge against.
Feb 12, 2018 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff
What We’ve Learned in Year 1 of Russiagate What We’ve Learned in Year 1 of Russiagate
The relentless pursuit of this narrative above all else has had dangerous consequences.
Feb 9, 2018 / Aaron Maté
Can Germany’s Social Democrats Get Their Groove Back? Can Germany’s Social Democrats Get Their Groove Back?
The turn to neoliberalism demoralized the party—and helped fuel the rise of the extreme right.
Feb 9, 2018 / Jordan Stancil
The Pentagon Sent $500 Million Abroad for International Drug Wars. What Happened Next Is a Mystery. The Pentagon Sent $500 Million Abroad for International Drug Wars. What Happened Next Is a Mystery.
A report by the Defense Department’s inspector general raises questions about a combatant command with a history of scandals.
Feb 8, 2018 / Nick Turse
Turkey’s New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law Turkey’s New Constitutional Crisis Could End the Rule of Law
In refusing to release unjustly detained journalists, the lower courts are aiding President Erdogan’s repression.
Feb 8, 2018 / Constanze Letsch
Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President? Is it ‘Treason’ Not to Clap for the President?
Joan Walsh on Trump, Nomi Prins on financial deregulation, and Ann Jones on Norwegians.
Feb 8, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi? No More Tuna for Japan’s Sushi?
Japan is the world’s biggest consumer of tuna. Fishermen on the island of Iki are challenging official policy so as to stop the decline of Pacific bluefin tuna stocks.
Feb 8, 2018 / Yuta Yagishita
Russiagate or Intelgate? Russiagate or Intelgate?
The publication of the Republican House Committee memo and reports of other documents increasingly suggest not only a “Russiagate” without Russia but also something darker: The “co...
Feb 7, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen