Here’s How to Convict Vladimir Putin of War Crimes
From the start of Russia’s war on Ukraine, suspicions of war crimes have been pouring in. There were attacks on civilian targets, including schools and 41 hospitals or medical facilities. The U.N....
View ArticleRussian Doll’s Mind-Bending Leaps Through Time
“Golightly? Fuck Golightly,” Natasha Lyonne’s Nadia Vulvokov spits, standing in a library and rifling through the g’s. Anybody who mistook her character in season 1 of Russian Doll—with her lost cat,...
View Article“War with NATO Is What He’s Dreaming Of”: Tikhon Dzyadko on Putin, Ukraine,...
In 2016, I visited Moscow, and I remember being driven to a destination somewhere in what seemed like the suburbs, albeit the funky, bohemian suburbs, to meet journalists from, and be interviewed by,...
View ArticleDemocratic Elites Don’t Understand the Class Culture Gap
“The test of a first-rate intelligence,” said F. Scott Fitzgerald, “is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time.” Understanding economic populism is simpler: You need to keep...
View ArticleWhat If Trump Wins in 2024? Here’s What 13 Famous Politicians and Pundits Said.
The most pressing and basic political question confronting our country right now is probably this simple one: What if Donald Trump wins the election in 2024? Either by fair means or foul, what if he...
View ArticleThis Michigan Democratic Primary Is AIPAC Versus J Street
One of the most vicious primaries of the 2022 midterm cycle is underway in Michigan between, of all candidates, two incumbent Democratic members of Congress vying for the newly drawn 11th congressional...
View ArticleBiden’s Only Good Pre-Midterm Play: Cancel Student Debt
White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated on Friday that President Biden cancelling at least some share of student loan debt by way of executive order is “still on the table,” adding that a...
View ArticleThe Right’s War on Vaccines Is Spreading Beyond Covid
Last September, shortly after President Joe Biden announced a slate of new executive orders requiring, among other things, federal employees to be vaccinated, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy...
View ArticleDemocracy May Be in Danger
My columns argue in favor of civic republicanism, a political tradition that emphasizes the common good, while also maintaining that it is not incompatible with America’s other formative political...
View ArticleGive Putin the Donbas or Start WWIII? Neither—There’s a Middle Ground.
After Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, U.S. President George H.W. Bush’s national-security team met to discuss a possible response. Brent Scowcroft, Bush’s national security adviser,...
View ArticleJared Kushner’s Saudi Scam Is the Swampiest Thing He’s Ever Done
The ascension of Donald Trump’s political career over the past decade has had very little upside for the American people. Still, one silver lining that’s stood out as a consequence of his reign has...
View ArticleWill the Press Do Its Job to Help Save Democracy?
Last December, The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank wrote a chilling column. He asked a data analytics firm to do a “sentiment analysis” of the press coverage received by President Joe Biden in the first...
View ArticleThe Global South Is Confronting a Debt Crisis, and the IMF Is Responding With...
If you live in the United States, chances are you missed the fact that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank are convening in Washington, D.C., this week for their annual spring...
View ArticleJennifer Abruzzo Has Become One of the Quiet Heroes of the Biden Administration
The Biden administration has been somewhat disappointing on the issue of labor rights. Vice President Kamala Harris and Labor Secretary Martin Walsh reportedly have a fabulous rapport and speak every...
View ArticleWe Are Sorry to Say That You Should Take Tucker Carlson’s Testicle-Tanning...
Tucker Carlson wants you to tan your testicles. Or at least to seriously consider it. No, really, he does. Unless, of course, he doesn’t. In fact, he’s probably just using a juvenile joke to draw you...
View ArticleA Forgotten Section of the Constitution Could Help Democrats Save Voting Rights
The Republican Party is attacking democracy on many fronts, but none so direct as their assault on voting rights. In 2021 alone, 34 laws to restrict ballot access passed in 19 states. Democrats had...
View ArticleRemember When Earth Day Used to Be Cool?
A person could be forgiven for being cynical about Earth Day in 2022. Even ExxonMobil celebrates the holiday. Last year, the company released an ad praising its employees around the world who “work...
View ArticleThe Making of the Surveillance State
In 1911, a self-promoting private detective named William Burns made national headlines. He had broken open a major political corruption case, using a powerful new technology: an electronic bug. A...
View ArticleBiden Is Finally (Maybe!) Ending Title 42. But Trump’s Cruel Border Policies...
When advocates lament President Joe Biden’s timidity towards or outright embrace of Donald Trump’s immigration legacy, they often point to one policy that stands as the exemplar of his dereliction: the...
View ArticleWhy Is CPAC Having a Conference Next Month in Budapest?
Come May 18, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), for nearly 50 years the largest and most influential gathering of conservatives in the world, will assemble in Budapest, with Hungarian...
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