Too Many of Trump’s Liberal Critics Are Praising His Strike on Syria
Anyone who supports these missile strikes has to account for what comes next.
Joan WalshUS Wars and Military Action
The Real Targets of Trump’s Strike Were His Domestic Critics
Six thoughts on the US bombing of Syria.
Greg GrandinForeign Policy
What Is It With US Presidents and Tomahawk Cruise-Missile Strikes?
Typically deployed symbolically by presidents facing domestic political troubles, they rarely have significant military effect.
Juan ColeForeign Policy
The War in Syria Cannot Be Won. But It Can Be Ended.
The left is profoundly divided over the conflict, but we should at least agree on a set of principles to end it.
Phyllis BennisLatest From The Nation
April 7, 2017 Syria
Demand That Congress Cancel Its Recess to Rein in Trump’s Illegal War in Syria
The same man who slammed the door on Syrian refugees used the plight of Syrian children to justify the bombing.
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April 7, 2017 Arts and Entertainment
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Why Trump’s Climate-Wrecking Agenda Could Fail
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The Red Emigrant
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Fox’s Absurd Unreality Show Is Now Aided and Abetted by Trump’s Undersized Hands
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war in Syria
The Syrian War Is Creating a Generation of Traumatized Children
The cost to the country of disrupted education alone is estimated to be $11 billion.
Michelle ChenThe Debate Over Syria Has Reached a Dead End
Two warring narratives now dominate discussions—and neither is sufficient.
Bassam HaddadThe War in Syria Cannot Be Won. But It Can Be Ended.
The left is profoundly divided over the conflict, but we should at least agree on a set of principles to end it.
Phyllis Bennisletters from syria
Letter From Madaya, Syria, Under Siege by the Assad Regime for Nearly 2 Years
“I have nightmares. I see the people who died of starvation and who I helped to bury.”
Houssam Muhammad Mahmoud
Syrian Writers, Artists, and Journalists Speak Out Against US and Russian Policy
They say the two powers have been working to co-opt the Syrian liberation struggle under the rubric of the “war against terror.”
Syrian Writers, Artists, and Journalists Against US and Russian Policies in Syria
A Letter From Rebel-Controlled Idlib, Syria
“Let Nusra go to hell,” says a member of the Islamic police, who are despised by the people and even by their own employees.
Ammar Shawki and Roy GutmanNation Voices
Politics
Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy
It lets Democrats off the hook for their own failures—and betting the resistance on finding a smoking gun is a fool’s game.
Greg Grandin
Trump Launched Missile Strikes on Syria Without Congressional Authorization
The post-9/11 war authorization is still being used to justify military actions. That’s unconstitutional.
John Nichols
The GOP Has Declared War on Democracy
Going nuclear to confirm Neil Gorsuch is the latest example of how Republicans are thwarting the will of the people.
Ari Berman
Culture
What Did Equality Mean for the Founders?
Three new books on the early republic explore the critical, if contested, role equality has played in shaping American political culture.
Sophia Rosenfeld
Le Pen’s Long Shadow
If you want to understand the wave of right-wing populism erupting in Europe and the United States, France is a good place to start.
David A. Bell
The Red Emigrant
For Isaac Deutscher, exile helped him discover his real community—the internationalist left.
Bruce RobbinsWatch and Listen
View: These Haunting Photos Show the Deadly Absurdity of the US-Mexico Border Wall
A collaboration between photographer Richard Misrach and experimental composer Guillermo Galindo captures the austere brutality of the borderlands.
May 11, 2016
Listen: How To Win a Sports Strike
The Women’s Hockey Strike, the Oakland Raiders move, and Frank Martin.
April 4, 2017
Watch: Clean In: How Hotel Workers Fought For a Union—And Won
A feminism for the 99 percent has been forged by working-class immigrant women who confronted Harvard’s first female president and Sheryl Sandberg.
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