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Jeet Heer is a contributing editor at the
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May 3, 2018
Jeet Heer
Kanye West’s Bastardization of “Free Thinkers”
A noble tradition of American dissent has been hijacked by right-wing trolls—including the famous hip-hop artist.
May 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
,
Alex Shephard
,
Jo Livingstone
Is Marvel Killing the Movies?
A roundtable discussion of "Avengers: Infinity War," the 19th installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
May 1, 2018
Jeet Heer
Arab Leaders Have Abandoned Gaza, Too
Middle Eastern autocrats are more interested in isolating Iran and punishing Hamas than defending the Palestinians.
April 30, 2018
Jeet Heer
Is Kanye West “the Ezra Pound of Rap”?
The rapper's flirtation with right-wing politics renews an age-old debate about art and politics.
April 27, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Republican Party, Not Trump, Is the Real Threat to American Democracy
April 25, 2018
Jeet Heer
Why the Clintons and
The New York Times
Can’t Get Along
Is the country's leading paper too harsh on them, or are Bill and Hillary just paranoid and defensive?
April 24, 2018
Jeet Heer
“We’re Going to See a Lot More Walls”
Ian Bremmer sees Trump's victory, the rise of the far-right in Europe, and more as a backlash to globalism—and he thinks it's going to get worse.
April 23, 2018
Jeet Heer
Jonathan Chait is wrong to conflate suffering with victimhood.
April 23, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Republicans’ Desperate Obsession With Nancy Pelosi
She's the star of GOP attack ads because the party has no other choice.
April 20, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump Goes to North Korea. Or Not.
In one of the most daring diplomatic moves in decades, the president seeks his own Nixon-to-China moment. This one might not go so well.
April 18, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Crisis of Pro-Trump Journalism
More influential than ever, the right-wing media is now facing increased scrutiny. But will it make a difference?
April 16, 2018
Jeet Heer
We Are (Probably) Not in the “End Stages” of Trump’s Presidency
He's in more legal trouble than ever, but political trouble? Less so.
April 14, 2018
Jeet Heer
My Epiphany About the Problem With Apu
I was born in India and raised in Canada. I didn't think Apu was a problem until now.
April 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
Another Trump hush-money scandal raises questions about his hidden debts.
April 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump Is Already Wagging The Dog
The 1997 film was about inventing distraction, not starting an actual war.
April 11, 2018
Jeet Heer
Charles Murray Is a Marketing Genius
Why the book "The Bell Curve" is still being debated 24 years later
April 10, 2018
Jeet Heer
A Cold War Without Guard Rails
The demise of the Trump-Putin bromance leaves a dangerous combination: two toddlers-in-chief, a bellicose top adviser, and a decimated diplomatic corps.
April 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
National Review
’s Own Struggle With “Ideological Diversity”
The conservative magazine has a long history of firing writers over objectionable views, just as The Atlantic has done to Kevin Williamson.
April 6, 2018
Jeet Heer
Mohammed bin Salman and the Death of Foreign Policy Debate
The Saudi crown prince is getting a hero's welcome in America, where politicians have largely given up on the whole democracy thing.
April 5, 2018
Jeet Heer
You’re Either With Trump on Trade, or Against Him
The president's tariff war with China is a decisive test for the Wall Street Republicans in Congress
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