How Credible Is the Evidence in ‘Russiagate?’ (Video)
Feb 14, 2018 Aaron Maté, host for The Real News Network and a contributor to The Nation, discusses how the mainstream media is covering the story.
Robert Parry Was One of the Good Guys
Jan 31, 2018 What made the editor and publisher of Consortiumnews a trailblazer for independent journalism also burned bridges with the media establishment.
“16 Women and Donald Trump” Shows All the President’s Accusers (Video)
Nov 17, 2017 A new video shares the stories of the women who have reported being sexually harassed or assaulted by Trump.
Liberals Provide Ammunition Against Single-Payer
Aug 8, 2017 A recent article in The Nation by Joshua Holland on liberal opposition to Medicare for all begs a response.
Hamilton Fish: Democrats Don’t Offer Voters a ‘Viable Vision’
Jul 28, 2017 In this week’s “Scheer Intelligence,” host and Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer sits down with the publisher of the New Republic and The Washington Spectator to discuss the future of journalism and politics. (Fish is pictured.) [Transcript added.]
Robert Mueller’s Probe Is Key to Exposing Trump’s Abuse of Power
Jul 25, 2017 Without the investigation—and how it is forcing the president to play defense—the Trump agenda might be closer to full realization.
Resurrecting the Unholy Trinity: Torture, Rendition and Indefinite Detention Under Trump
Apr 7, 2017 In the Middle East and elsewhere, the Trump administration has begun to signal that human rights aren’t exactly on its agenda.
On the Poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Apr 7, 2017 The “poetician, not politician” always seemed conscious of the Russian adage that a great writer is more than a writer—he is a second government (Yevtushenko is pictured here with Katrina vanden Heuvel) The “poetician, not politician” always seemed conscious of the Russian adage that a great writer is more than a writer—he is a second government).
The Sovietization of the American Political-Media Establishment? (Audio)
Apr 4, 2017 The hunt for Donald Trump’s “Kremlin connections” indulges in practices reminiscent of the Soviet Kremlin and its media.
Don’t Blame ‘Big College’ Coaches for Creating Institutionalized Corruption
Feb 1, 2017 Clemson’s win over Alabama in college football’s national championship game didn’t impress sports writer Dave Zirin. But his scathing critique in The Nation missed the point.
