Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys
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Lesson From Ukraine: Breaking Promises to Small Countries Means They’ll Never Give Up Nukes
In the 1990s, world powers promised Ukraine that if it disarmed, they would not violate its security. That promise was broken.
Will the GOP's Trumpist Wing Persist in Its Embrace of Putin?
The Russian autocrat hasn’t changed since the Cold War, but many Republicans have come full circle.
The Unspeakable Cruelty of Targeting Trans Kids to Score Campaign Points
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, as part of his reelection bid, wants to punish supporters and caregivers of trans youth as child abusers.
The U.K. Wanted to Extradite Julian Assange to the U.S. From the Start
In a 2016 meeting, Britain's deputy minister of foreign affairs removed the diplomatic mask.
How Putin's Designs on Ukraine Reflect the "Dangerous Nostalgia" of a Lost Empire
At a U.N. Security Council meeting, a speech by Kenyan Ambassador Martin Kimani struck at the heart of the crisis set off by Russia's aggression.
Democrats Have a Bill to Expand Social Security. Here's What It Would Mean for You.
Americans love the idea of increasing Social Security benefits. Now is the time to educate ourselves about how that could happen.
Can the Left Learn From Canada’s “Freedom Convoy”?
The left should seek to employ the disruptive power on display in Canadian protests — but only on its own anti-racist, antifascist terms.
Farewell to P.J. O’Rourke, America’s Only (Semi-)Funny Conservative
O'Rourke, who died Tuesday, had a lot of worthwhile things to say. But he was always graded on a curve.
Supreme Court’s Alabama Ruling Is Major Step Toward Dismantling Voting Rights Act
The attacks on voting rights go hand in hand with current assaults on Black history and exposing histories of foundational American white supremacism.