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The Hidden Influences Behind the Pointless War in Iran
Why the conflict strengthens Israel, weakens the United States, and devastates ordinary Iranians.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
,
Trita Parsi
via
Current Affairs
on
March 13, 2026
Of Course the Country Was Stolen
It should not be controversial to acknowledge the hideous injustice done to Native Americans through colonization.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
February 11, 2026
We’re Living in the World Henry Ford Built
Ford was a raving bigot and a tyrant who wanted complete control over his workers. Ford is a perfect example of why rich capitalists should not run the world.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
September 15, 2025
Of Course the Founding Fathers Would Have Hated Trump
They rejected kings and were sincerely concerned about the possibility of a dictatorship. But we need to move past founder-worship and focus on justice.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
July 4, 2025
It’s Going to Take a Constant Fight to Preserve the Historical Record
The National Archives museum is backsliding into a sanitized retelling of American history. Don’t assume truth will prevail.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
October 31, 2024
How the John Birch Society Won the Long Game
The American right doesn’t need the John Birch Society these days, but that is because it’s adopted the Birchers’ extremism wholesale.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
The Nation
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on
June 8, 2023
We Now Know the Full Extent of Obama’s Disastrous Apathy Toward the Climate Crisis
Obama’s official oral history contains new evidence of his indifference and foot-dragging on the most important issue of our time.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
June 5, 2023
The Worst Crime of the 21st Century
The United States’ destruction of Iraq remains the worst international crime of our time. Its perpetrators remain free and its horrors are buried.
by
Noam Chomsky
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Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
May 12, 2023
Our Invasions
If we’re never going to hold U.S. war criminals accountable, what moral credibility do we have when we condemn Russia and others?
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
August 29, 2022
The Rise of Pentecostal Christianity
While the world’s fastest-growing religious faith offers material benefits and psychological uplift to many, it also pushes a reactionary political agenda.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
,
Elle Hardy
via
Current Affairs
on
April 8, 2022
How The Titanic Haunts Us
We have good reason to remember the story of what happened to hubristic rich people, and the imprisoned poor, in an enormous opulent floating palace.
by
Nathan J. Robinson
via
Current Affairs
on
October 26, 2021
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The Myth of American Idealism
: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
Noam Chomsky, Nathan J. Robinson
2024
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The Worlds of Noam Chomsky
If ordinary Americans know one critic of the American Empire, it’s almost certainly Chomsky.
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Daniel Bessner
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The Nation
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January 13, 2025