Russia Sees Its Reflection in the West
Sep 18, 2019 "This Is Not Propaganda" author Peter Pomerantsev explores how authoritarian regimes and far-right movements have weaponized free speech.
Noam Chomsky: Democrats Are Failing the Test of Our Time
Aug 22, 2019 The linguist and activist calls Donald Trump’s climate policy “a death knell for the species,” and says there’s no effective opposition.
Noam Chomsky: Trump Is History Repeated as Farce
Jul 5, 2019 In a new interview, the leftist author and intellectual attempts to make sense of the president's often confounding political project.
Noam Chomsky: The Real Election Meddling Isn’t Coming From Russia
Jun 20, 2019 The philosopher and linguist reflects on his seminal work, "Manufacturing Consent," and the sinister new ways we are sold to advertisers.
The Generals Won’t Save Us From the Next War
Jun 10, 2019 The brass are careerists, never punished for their mistakes, quietly assenting to the latest doomed interventions.
Did the Left Betray Israel and Zionism?
May 31, 2019 Scholar Susie Linfield traces what she views as an abandonment of the Zionist project by intellectuals like Noam Chomsky and Hannah Arendt.
The Mass Media Is Poisoning Us With Hate
May 27, 2019 News outlets on both the left and the right are raking in big profits by intentionally pitting American against American.
The Rot of American Journalism Runs Deep
May 9, 2019 Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone explores how networks like Fox News and MSNBC have come to tell viewers exactly what they want to hear.
The Many-Sided, Overlapping Meanings of May Day
May 1, 2019 The working-class holiday has Marxist and anarchist industrial-era roots, but the significance of May 1 goes deeper than that.
Noam Chomsky: America’s Extraterritorial Reach Is Its Own Scandal
Apr 12, 2019 The acclaimed linguist and philosopher reflects on Julian Assange's possible extradition and the greater danger of U.S. hegemony.