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Can We Have Democracy With Screens?
Watch now | A conversation with "Screen People" author Megan Garber, who writes how smartphones have turned us into passive consumers of politics
16 hrs ago
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Trump's 'Peace is at Hand' Moment
Why a 'largely negotiated' deal is on the ropes
May 28
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Trump's Corruption is Different This Time. Will Americans Care?
The U.S. president is proposing to use taxpayer money to reward allies as the economic picture darkens
May 20
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Q&A: Lithuania's Former Top Diplomat Says the U.S.-Russia Talks Feel a Bit Like the Hitler-Stalin Pact
Feb 19, 2025
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A Slain Ukrainian Writer's Unfinished Manuscript Shows Courage Amid Chaos
Feb 10, 2025
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Incompetence is Part of One-Man Rule
Apr 21, 2025
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Trump Obeyed in Advance to Putin
Feb 13, 2025
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What JD Vance Could Not Understand About Ukraine
Mar 1, 2025
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Believe Trump's Threat Of Using the Military Against the 'Enemy From Within'
Oct 18, 2024
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The Mistake That Western Commentators Make When Analyzing Putin
Many seem to assume the Russian leader lives in the same information space as the rest of us. He does not.
May 17
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Putin Gets a Victory Day Cease-Fire From Trump, But Only After a Humiliation from Zelenskyy
An attack on Red Square seemed unlikely, but Putin had to ask Trump for protection
May 9
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As Moscow Stalls in Ukraine, Putin's Paranoia Reaches Epic Levels Ahead of Victory Day
The war in Ukraine is not going well for Moscow. But Putin refuses to change course.
May 6
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The World Economy Will 'Explode' Before Iran's Oil Wells
Trump is prolonging the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on a series of questionable assumptions about Tehran
May 2
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Trump Has Already Lost in Iran
Exiting the conflict will require eating humble pie
Apr 25
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The 'Criminal State' Was Coined to Describe the Nazis. Here's Why It's Relevant Now.
A conversation with legal scholar Lawrence Douglas, who wrote a book about the struggle to hold states accountable for the most radical forms of state…
Apr 22
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Why Has the U.S.-Israel War Against Iran Killed So Many Civilians?
Much attention has been paid to Trump's apocalyptic threats. But what about what's already taken place?
Apr 19
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