Stephen Walt / Manuel Pastor / Chris Whipple
How to Ruin a Country
From a Nation of Immigrants to a Nation of Hate, Xenophobia, Exclusion, and Cruelty
An Inside Look Into the Fateful Campaign That Brought Back Trump to Finish Off America
Background Briefing
3:00 PM PACIFIC TIME: MONDAYS - THURSDAYS
Background Briefing offers an educational approach to providing information in an era of “fake news.”
Joseph Stiglitz / Barry Eichengreen / Christopher Meissner
Trump’s MAGA Economy Driven by Greed, Stupidity, and Cowardice
Will Trump’s Weakening of the Dollar Lead to a New Global Reserve Currency?
The Hollow Nature of Trump’s Promise of Gain After the Pain
Robert Hockett / Matt Gold / Gregory Brew
Trump’s Amateurism on Display, or is He Shorting the Market for His Family and Cronies?
An Assessment of the Amount of Damage Ahead From Trump’s Trade War
Given Today’s Drop in Oil To $56 From $72 a Barrel Last Week, What Kind of a Deal Could Emerge Between the U.S. and Iran on Saturday?
Barry Naughton / Trita Parsi / Alexander Sammon
Chinese Response to 104% Tariffs and Insults From Vance
Trump Announces Talks Between Iran and the U.S. in Oman on Saturday
Trump’s DOJ Will No Longer Stop Crypto Scams, and Cyber Command Will No Longer Stop Ransomware Attacks
William Cohan / Mike Lofgren / Michael Kazin
Trump Urges Americans Not to Be “Weak or Stupid,” as the Meltdown on Wall Street Continues
Who Benefits From Trump and Musk’s Deliberate Destruction of the American Economy?
Saturday’s 1,200 “Hands Off” Demonstrations Around the World
Jeremi Suri / Sarang Shidore / Jonathan Cohn
The Growing Grassroots Revolt Against the Slash and Burn of the American Government, Our Institutions, and Our Democracy by Trump and Musk
Trump’s Broadside of Tariffs, Amid a Blizzard of Lies From the Rose Garden
After Trump, Musk, and RFK Jr. Have Purged Scientists, Researchers, Innovators, and Experts, Who Will Make America Great Again?
Richard Parker / Jonathan Guyer / Simon Billenness
Hope on the Horizon for Democrats
Trump’s Erratic Middle East Policy, as He Threatens to Bomb Iran While Israel Annexes Gaza
Will the Earthquake in Myanmar Spell the End of the Military Junta?
Michael Martin / Matthew Klein / Michael John Williams
Thanks to Musk, the U.S. is Not Helping the Victims of the Earthquake in Myanmar Because There Are Only 15 Employees Left at USAID
Who Will be Freed on Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tomorrow, When We’ll All Be Paying More?
More Nuclear Proliferation, as Europeans Plan to Develop Their Own Nuclear Deterrent and Tactical Battlefield Nukes
Paul Pillar / Henry Giroux / Lloyd Green
Is Trump Bluffing With Nuclear Threats Against Iran?
Trump and Stephen Miller are Borrowing From Pinochet and the Nazis
A Former Republican Opposition Researcher on How the Democrats Can Up Their Game
Annelle Sheline / Thomas Bollyky / Ruth Conniff
Team Trump’s Amateurs and Incompetents Exposed on the Signal Group Chat Prepare to Bomb the Houthis Again, Maybe This Time With “Clean Opsec”?
RFK Jr’s Brutal Cuts to HHS as His Quackery Harms Kids From Cod Liver He Recommends Instead of a Measles Vaccination
Are We About to See a Defeat of Musk in Wisconsin, After Successfully Buying the White House, the Senate, and the House?