Will “Law and Order” Save Trump?
Nine weeks out from the presidential election, the Trump campaign is trying to make the election about “law and order.” Is that a winning strategy when the violence they’re pointing to is happening un...
2 Sep 202019min
A Democratic Mud-Fight in Massachusetts
The Democratic primary for a Massachusetts Senate seat is becoming a test of progressive bona fides and the strength of the Kennedy family name. So perhaps it’s not surprising to learn that, when it c...
1 Sep 202016min
Seven Days of Unrest in Kenosha
One week ago, a police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times, paralyzing him from the waist down. In the immediate aftermath, citizens of Kenosha took to the streets i...
31 Aug 202020min
TBD | QAnon Goes Mainstream
Not long ago, the QAnon conspiracy theory seemed to have lost momentum. Social media mentions had decreased. 8chan had gone offline. But since March, fueled by the pandemic and social media giants, th...
28 Aug 202016min
QAnon Goes Mainstream
Not long ago, the QAnon conspiracy theory seemed to have lost momentum. Social media mentions had decreased. 8chan had gone offline. But since March, fueled by the pandemic and social media giants, th...
28 Aug 202016min
U.S. Foreign Policy Is Officially Incoherent
Last week, the Trump administration used shaky reasoning to pursue additional sanctions against Iran. The proposal was rejected by nearly the entire U.N. Security Council, including close allies like ...
27 Aug 202017min
The Fight for Belarus
For the past two weeks, Belarus has been gripped by political protest. The country’s longtime authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, is courting Russian intervention as a worried European Unio...
26 Aug 202017min
The U.S. Can Fix Its COVID Testing Failures
Getting tested for the coronavirus has never been as easy as it should be in the U.S. We’ve seen equipment shortages, long delays for test results, and even mixed messages about who should be getting ...
25 Aug 202016min
