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A core role of the U.S. Department of Justice is to protect people from abuse by giant corporations. But DOJ’s present inhabitants have twisted that mission backwards — using the agency to …
As President Donald Trump refused to apologize for a now-deleted social media post in which former President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama are portrayed as apes, the head of the …
We’ve been writing this weekly column for close to 20 years. This one will be our last syndicated by King Features. We have aspired to stay true to this column’s original intent, to “break the …
For decade after decade, China and Russia have thrown existential challenges at the United States on a variety of military, economic, and diplomatic fronts. Yet, the two nations currently are not our …
I began writing a Nation sports column in 2005, and every December, I take stock of the trends in sports and politics over the previous 12 months. Each year, I try to explain how you can read the …
One of the joys of living in the country is that we always have some kind of job to do. Spring, summer, autumn, winter—there’s always some chore to keep us busy. And I never work alone, so chores …
In 2025 it was hard to be a human who cares about the Earth, especially for Americans. However the rest of the world is not burdened by a blundering baboon like we are, so they have actually made …
In “Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World” (Monthly Review Press, 2025), Steve Cushion lays bare the underreported history of that vile institution. To this …
Everyone’s talking about affordability or, more precisely, unaffordability—and the issue is likely to drive U.S. politics for the foreseeable future. Affordability is subtraction. If …
Environmental and economic justice advocates alike have been sounding the alarm for months regarding the Trump administration’s push to built massive data centers to support artificial …
Climate campaigners, conservationists, and Indigenous people vowed to keep defending the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge after US Senate Republicans on Dec. 4 sent legislation that would restart …
Amid the Tshit Tsunami that is every day in the Trump Administration, some news of importance gets lost in the leakage. One of these was the climate conference held in Brazil in November. COP30 …
By CHUCK COLLINS
By DON ROLLINS
I’m not sure I know anyone who thought the late Charlie Kirk made important contributions to the national conversation. I don’t know anyone — I hope — who thought he deserved …
Poor Mr. Hegseth. Burdened with trying to make sense of a leader who is (a) inarticulate and (b) has no plan. We can imagine the call that arrived in Pete’s office in late September: …
A top energy adviser to President Donald Trump admitted in an August interview that the administration is offering “concierge, white-glove service” to fossil fuel companies while blocking …
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