Politics
Business as Usual: The Long History of Corporate Personhood
Contrary to most narratives, corporations have always been one of the most powerful forces in American political life.
Kenya’s New Electoral Authoritarianism
Elections are now used to legitimate authoritarian regimes, not herald liberal democracy. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Kenya.
The Book that Explains Charlottesville
The University of Virginia has long been a bastion of white supremacy and white supremacy–validating scholarship.
WATCH: The President’s House Is Empty
From healthcare to education to clean water, the things that are owed to members of a democracy are under threat today. Our new issue explores the question of public goods and what we can do to save them.
Open for Business, Not Human Rights: Trump’s Priorities in Central America
A recent conference made it clear: military and corporate interests will prevail.
What Is Putin’s Endgame?
Russiagate is causing more stress than glee for Putin, who always thought Hillary would win.
A Witch-Hunt in Turkey
After Turkey's failed 2016 coup, retribution has become a farcical national obsession.
Populism’s Perfect Storm
The very forces that sustain populist politics could eventually undermine populism.
At G20, All Eyes on Germany
Can Angela Merkel circumvent Trump to build a multipolar alliance on climate change?
For Labour, Victory Next Time
Were Labour's gains in the recent British election overblown, or is there real cause for hope?
Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again
Junot Díaz talks with Atwood about The Handmaid’s Tale, political dystopias, and Drake.
How Trump Builds: On the Hollow Promise of #InfrastructureWeek
Trump’s infrastructure proposal is more propaganda than plan.
The Conservative Con That Gave Us Trumpcare
The American Health Care Act has a long history that returns us to the New Deal and its critics.
Silicon Valley to Liberal Arts Majors: We Want You
Tech billionaires love to declare the death of liberal arts, but could they instead be the future of Silicon Valley?
How George Osborne and Ed Miliband Saved Labour
It has not been an easy path from Blairite centrism to radical socialist hope.
He Said, He Said: The Feminization of James Comey
Conservatives routinely deny that gender is fluid. Yet they have feminized Comey in order to bring him down.
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