Putin's Criminal Invasion of Ukraine Highlights Some Ugly Truths About U.S. and NATO
The fact that Putin is trying to justify the unjustifiable in Ukraine does not mean we must ignore the U.S. actions that fuel his narrative.
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No, Russia Didn't Get Its Propaganda From John Mearsheimer
Sincere internal criticism of the U.S. — or any country — often sounds a lot like insincere foreign criticism.
Big Tech’s Kafkaesque Approach to Censorship Is Driven by an Abiding Contempt for Its Audience
YouTube knocked a show I co-host, The Hill’s "Rising," off the air.
Don't Be a Tankie: How the Left Should Respond to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
Those who don’t stand in solidarity with the oppressed cannot call themselves leftists.
Toxic Nostalgia, From Putin to Trump to the Trucker Convoys
War is reshaping our world. Will we harness that urgency for climate action or succumb to a final, deadly oil and gas boom?
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.