What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the North Korean Missile Crisis What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the North Korean Missile Crisis
To avoid catastrophe, Kennedy turned to diplomacy. Trump would be wise to do the same.
Aug 23, 2017 / Martin J. Sherwin
Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War
You can also write a letter to the editor to demand the removal of Confederate statues, and join a campaign to take economic power from Wall Street and give it back to communities.
Aug 22, 2017 / NationAction
Avoiding War With North Korea Avoiding War With North Korea
It’s way past time for Trump to begin talks with Pyongyang.
Aug 22, 2017 / John Feffer
The Middle East’s Wars Are Creating a Lost Generation The Middle East’s Wars Are Creating a Lost Generation
The children who live through these conflicts could be scarred for decades.
Aug 22, 2017 / Michelle Chen
Russia’s Attacks on Democracy Aren’t Only a Problem for America Russia’s Attacks on Democracy Aren’t Only a Problem for America
And that’s a problem for skeptics of Russian meddling.
Aug 21, 2017 / Joshua Holland
The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away The Stain Steve Bannon Put on Donald Trump’s Presidency Cannot Be Washed Away
The White House chief strategist has had a profound influence on Trump and, tragically for America, that influence will linger.
Aug 18, 2017 / John Nichols
A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying A Mark Zuckerberg Presidency Isn’t Ridiculous—It’s Terrifying
The Facebook CEO destroyed privacy as we know it. Imagine what he’d do in the White House.
Aug 18, 2017 / Jake Bittle
There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions
Hint: It’s not North Korea, Russia, or Iran.
Aug 17, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt
Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow
Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.
Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
Three Days in August Three Days in August
They remain in history as a heroic and inspired experience of civic awakening, the unexpected and joyous understanding that everyone’s personal choice has meaning and the futu...
Aug 17, 2017 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina