What it will take for Israel to overcome the ghosts of Oct. 7.

A Black Hawk pilot who left both legs in Iraq has told her own party's leadership to cut it out, on C-SPAN, in four words. Fumble it a second time and there won't be a third.

Einstein fled to America when the strongmen came for science. Now the boats run the other way. Inside Canada's half-billion-dollar raid on Harvard, MIT, and everything Trump was too busy to defend.

A Quarter Century after 9/11

On Sunday, Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany (Alternativ für Deutschland, or AfD) party won 43.8% of the vote in a legislative election in the small state of Saxony-Anhalt, formerly part of ...

Israel and the United States each hold elections one week apart in the fall. The fate of their democracies lies in the balance.

Trump needed only one teacher.

Courting authoritarianism with a rapacious Trump.

America’s word is as good as gold — that is, unreliable

Political exclusion does not always happen all at once. A person’s connection to the state can be diluted before it is completely severed. Rights can become weaker, protections can become conditional,...

An account from decades ago raises questions about his connections to Mossad and the FBI—but not the CIA

As immigration arrests hit record highs, ICE appears closer than ever to meeting its goal of 2,000 daily arrests.

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

The president is prioritizing his own interests over the national interest.

Is Kansas just the beginning?

A swing-state Democratic Senate nominee needs to keep saying this: Jews have a right to a Jewish homeland.

The first lecture in a ten-lecture series on Hitler and Stalin today.

With friends, on video, to recall and to rebel

And on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed...

The putative presidential candidate is even more skilled at demagoguery

Ideology, bigotry and cronyism have endangered national security

Behind his bloopers, bungles, and bonkers claims is a dead serious plan

And what must be done to stop it

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

See the photos taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their moon flyby.

And How to Stop It

(And Trump Has No Idea)

Wars for fun cannot be won

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Ivan Ehlers.

Not only is it illegal, it could backfire

Not sure whether you should show up on Saturday? @Timothy Snyder (an expert on authoritarianism) explains why historic protests like No Kings Day really matter. Find your local event: https://www.nok...

The burn, baby, burn compulsion persists amid a fossil fuel crisis

Friends,

If the president expected to benefit politically from launching a war in Iran, he has reason to be disappointed.

Gather on March 28th.