Congress Just Agreed to Completely Out of Control Pentagon Spending
Military spending will reach $700 billion under the deal to reopen the government, despite reports of hundreds of billions in Pentagon waste.
What Trump Wants on Immigration Is Ethnic Cleansing
The president’s “open hand” to Democrats is full of poison pills.
How One Coal Baron Set an Entire Administration’s Energy Agenda
In a political system awash with money, it’s Big Coal vs. democracy.
Iran’s Protests Take Place Against a Backdrop of Inequality
Regardless of the future of the demonstrations, the government must deal with long-standing economic tension.
At United Nations, Trump’s Attack on Palestinians Rebuffed by 128 Nations
The recent vote at the UN reflects the profound global antagonism that the Trump administration has caused and indeed embraced
The Far-Reaching Risks of Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
There are no peace talks underway that might be threatened by U.S. recognition of Jerusalem. But the move makes peace in the war-torn region far less likely.
The GOP Tax Bill Assaults the Planet as Well as the Poor
It kills the modest credits for wind, solar, and electric cars, while preserving much larger ones for fossil fuels.
If Asia Leads on Climate, the World Will Follow
China and South Korea could be game changers on climate — and create a more peaceful region in the process.
Who Will Stop Stephen Miller, the Man Behind America’s Anti-Refugee Policy?
Miller has usurped the power of the National Security Council, state and defense departments to set refugee policy by himself.
The Brutal Racial Politics of Climate Change and Pollution
Trump administration policies are systematically making natural disasters more harmful for the poor and people of color.
America is Ready for Universal Health Coverage
The United States today is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t guarantee health care as a basic right to all its citizens. The Medicare For All Act could change that.
How Bush’s ‘New World Order’ Became Trump’s ‘No World Order’
Successive U.S. military interventions upended the very international system the U.S. once pledged to uphold. Now the world faces the twin challenges of ISIS and Trump.
Trump’s Pardon of Joe Arpaio Is Deeply Disturbing
The president called a man who freely violated people’s constitutional rights a “patriot.” What does that make his victims?
The Alt-Right and the 1%
When President Trump equated white supremacists with anti-racism protesters, he was sending a message to the thugs in the streets and to some in executive suites.
On Electric Cars, the U.S. Is Stuck in the Slow Lane
While Europe races toward electric vehicles, U.S. automakers are actually trying to make cars less efficient.