POWER GAMES
Military historian and Gold Star Dad Andrew Bacevich talks Ukraine, Afghanistan, and the new (old) paradigm of competition between great powers.
Jake Whitney is a freelance journalist and contributing writer for Guernica: A Magazine of Art and Politics.
FOXITUS
Conservatives seem happy to lie about everything from election fraud to Sandy Hook, until it’s time to go to court.
EVEN A BLIND HOG...
It was because of, not in spite of, Trump’s influence on the judiciary that the peaceful transfer of power was ensured.
BIG IS BAD
In her new book, the former gubernatorial and congressional candidate argues that monopolies—from tech to agriculture—are the biggest threat to a healthy economy.
SWAMP THING
On the campaign trail Trump couldn’t stop telling us how much his opponents were in the clutches of lobbyists and special interests. Maybe he was just jealous.
PRETENDER
Long before he was a presidential candidate, Trump was more than willing to trash the GOP economic policies that he now falsely claims are boosting the economy.
Alt Reality
To Donald Trump and the right, any news or facts they don’t like or disagree with are labeled fake news, leaving us in a world where the truth becomes just a matter of opinion.
SECRETIVE
Law professor Zephyr Teachout is part of a watchdog group charging that Donald Trump’s many conflicts of interest violate constitutional strictures. Let her walk you through it.
Beyond Truthiness
Trump’s lies are just the beginning. Over two decades, right-wing media has degraded the credibility of the entire media and also degraded the idea that objective facts even exist.
HANDBOOK
Joseph Romm’s accessible book about global warming is the right book at the right time, and good enough to persuade even Republican pols of the dangers ahead.