On the unacknowledged legacy of violent Jewish nationalist Meir Kahane
America and the World
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden’s Oil-Friendly Appointees
The newly installed State Department energy adviser joins a group of administration officials who appear wedded to fossil fuels.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Investigator: Sen. Carl Levin (1934–2021)
The anti-kleptocracy campaigns of the Michigan lawmaker were ahead of their time.
Posted inBooks
Lawful Carnage
Scholar Samuel Moyn and journalist Spencer Ackerman consider the inherent contradictions of the endless war on terrorism.
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Truth About Intervening Powers in the Middle East
And the title ‘biggest meddler’ goes to … the UAE, not Iran.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Tokyo’s Empty Olympics
An international extravaganza that pandemic-weary residents did not want—and the scars it will leave behind
Posted inAmerica and the World
The Agony of Social Democratic Europe
Why did social democracy collapse? Can Joe Biden point the way to a resurgent trans-Atlantic democratic left?
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Toying With Treason
A short history of Republicans’ long history of selling out the U.S. to help them win the White House
Posted inAmerica and the World
With the Iraq Withdrawal, U.S. Wars Expand
All the ways Biden isn’t ending the forever wars
