Tuesday

August 17, 2021

Biden Has Two Weeks to Save As Many Afghans As He Can

It normally takes more than two years to get a refugee out of the country. The president doesn’t have that kind of time.

by Matt Ford

The Radicalization of Clarence Thomas

His time working for Monsanto and other polluting industries helped make him the fierce conservative he is today.

by Scott W. Stern

New School Year, Same Old Covid Chaos

A highly contagious variant, quarantines, closures, and fast-changing rules: It was supposed to be a calm fall, but we’re looking at a new year that could look a lot like the last.

by Rachel M. Cohen

Will the Squalid Rot of the Wisconsin Republican Party Become America’s Future?

The GOP-driven dysfunction of the Badger State is a window into the party’s illiberal plans for the country.

by Emma Roller

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How Mass Persuasion Works

A new book traces the language of brainwashing to a series of Cold War–era scares.

by Jo Livingstone

Biden’s Reckoning on Afghanistan Has a Gaping Hole

The president gave a mostly honest accounting of the Afghanistan disaster, but he really skipped over the epic intel failure.

by Walter Shapiro

The Afghanistan War Was Founded on Lies. Some People Are Still Telling Them.

As the Taliban takes over the country, hawkish pundits and ex-officials in America are still clinging to the long-broken dream of nation-building.

by Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison

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