Where there is no vision, the people perish

We’re all in this project together.

The Prophet Pat Maloney, on the world we have made for our children

A conversation with the director of the documentary Do Not Resist.

An outrageous legislative move by state Republicans

The Pentagon wastes money while failing to update key military vehicles.

Unfortunately, Trump’s bad choice is entirely in line with his positions on Israel and Palestine.

The law now says they can, but the debate rages on.

#LoveWins? If that’s what you believe, fine — but so did Trump

The former wants to take America back to the foreign policy of George W. Bush.

There doesn’t seem to be any advantage gained in trying to force Gottemoeller out.

Can the president-elect broker peace between Native Americans and oil companies?

Where #MAGA drinks with friends in the early afternoon

Attempts to overturn the election threaten to undermine the tradition of peaceful transfer of power.

2016 is an exceptionally bizarre year from which to conclude that there are no lessons to be learned.

A war without winners

Iran’s “relentless expansionism” is not real, but it is very important to many Iran hawks that we believe that it is.

Foreign espionage is routine. Careless use of unsecure email shouldn’t be.

Rupi Kaur, ‘voice of her generation’, has become rich and influential through her angsty, smutty poetry for young women

If there is a fight over Rex Tillerson, the president-elect must stand up to GOP hawks.

Trump’s seemingly insane plan to cut regulation actually has a solid track record.

Migration and the disappearance of nations

Nominating Bolton to be Tillerson’s deputy would be a huge mistake.

Today’s circumstances demand different—but no less bold—diplomatic tactics.

A diary of a day spent in the Nation’s Capital

“Words on the Street” highlights the best writing on urbanism we’ve encountered this week.

Tillerson seems to be preferable to the other candidates, but it is worth remembering that he was chosen almost by chance.

Jackie focuses too scrupulously on concepts of historical representation at the expense of its grieving subject.

Efforts to delegitimize the election threaten to do more harm than the hacks did.

Trump promises a revolution greater than Reagan or Goldwater.

Who will win the struggle between them on Trump’s foreign policy team?