False Narratives, Not ‘Fake News,’ Are the Real Cold-War Problem False Narratives, Not ‘Fake News,’ Are the Real Cold-War Problem
Any détente initiatives by President-elect Trump must break with spurious US accounts of the new Cold War.
Nov 30, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Only Way Trump Could Actually ‘Drain the Swamp’ The Only Way Trump Could Actually ‘Drain the Swamp’
If he was serious about overturning the Washington establishment, he’d start by ending our constant wars.
Nov 29, 2016 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did Putin Didn’t Undermine the Election—We Did
Our election system is embarrassing not for anything Putin allegedly did. Leaders of both parties, if they had any concern for the republic, would move expeditiously to reform our ...
Nov 29, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children Profit-Driven Schools Fail Uganda’s Children
Silicon Valley–backed Bridge International Academies repeatedly failed to comply with national education standards.
Nov 29, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen
‘The Washington Post’ Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist ‘The Washington Post’ Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist
“PropOrNot” has smeared working journalists as agents of the Kremlin while wrapping itself in a cloak of anonymity.
Nov 28, 2016 / James Carden
After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next? After Fidel Castro, What Comes Next?
Castro’s death comes at a particularly delicate stage in the ongoing effort to normalize Cuba-US relations.
Nov 26, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh
Fidel Castro, 1926–2016 Fidel Castro, 1926–2016
The Cuban revolutionary almost outlasted 11 US presidents.
Nov 26, 2016 / Greg Grandin
How to Stop Trump How to Stop Trump
David Cole has some ideas. Plus Gary Younge on the vote in Muncie, Indiana, and Michelle Chen on refugees in America.
Nov 24, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Friends and Foes of Détente With Russia The Friends and Foes of Détente With Russia
The mere adumbration of Trump–Putin cooperation has sent American Russo-phobic cold warriors into a frenzy of preemptive opposition.
Nov 23, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism How Obama’s Normalization of the Brazil Coup Prefigured Trumpism
The terms he has used to describe the impending Trump presidency are pretty much the same ones his State Department used to condone Brazil’s putsch.
Nov 22, 2016 / Greg Grandin