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The defense secretary is more comfortable around influencers than with seasoned generals.

The ship has been out to sea for the longest stretch of time without a port call in modern history. Effects on physical and mental health are dire.

Podcast / The Time of Monsters / Aug 30, 2026 The Iran War Stalemate Trita Parsi on Trump's ineffectual sanctions and future escalation. Jeet Heer Share Copy Link Facebook X (Twitter) Bluesky Pocket Email The Nation PodcastsHere's where to find ...

Danny and Derek unpack the week's global news, from Iran, Syria, and the DRC to Saudi Arabia, Russia, US-Canada trade, and deep-sea mining.

What are our country's real values? When money matters more than people, what does that reveal about the values we call "American"?

Jonathan Cheng joins Danny and Derek to explore Christianity's influence on North Korea's founding ideology, the Kim family, and its enduring personality cult.

More important than fixing production methods is fixing our ill-advised foreign policy.

For the first time in the lifetime of most of us, there are no remaining US-Russian arms control agreements.

The tragedy, unabated, falls off the front page.

The Trump administration's "Donroe" Doctrine promotes a flawed and failed policy of US intervention in the hemisphere.