Steven Valentino

BuzzFeed published an unverified dossier an unverified dossier full of damning information about Donald Trump and Russia. Did it damage the media’s credibility at a precarious moment?

Three perspectives on the narrowing chance for an agreement between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza. 

Amy Davidson asks what it will take to elect a woman as President. 

“Flotation therapy”—also known as sensory deprivation—is a trendy way to disconnect. But sometimes relaxing is just too stressful.

You know about mass surveillance; Laura Poitras’s museum exhibit aims to make you feel it. 

A humor pro has some recommendations to make life more fun.

David Remnick, Ryan Lizza, and Amy Davidson debate whether President Obama will go down as “one of the greats.”

The director of Moveon.org won’t “play footsie” with Trump.

Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross are archetypes of Wall Street fat cats. Can they deliver on Trump’s promises to workers?

When Jane Mayer investigated Koch Industries, somebody investigated her back.

Students in a high-school mock election step into Clinton's and Trump’s shoes. Can they play their parts without getting suspended?    

The myriad conflicts that make up the Syrian civil war can be traced back to a day when colonial powers divided the region. Can the pieces be put back together?

To report from the front lines of Syria is to risk kidnapping or death. The journalist Rami Jarrah has been documenting the war there since 2011.  

President Obama is haunted by the humanitarian crisis that unfolded in Syria under his watch, but he doesn’t want another Iraq War.

Omar Dawood describes daily life in a city where death is everywhere.

 With the American government’s system of checks and balances, how much could a hypothetical President Trump actually accomplish? Short answer: plenty.    

Boyle, the author of sixteen novels and countless short stories, recommends a book, a musician, and a video series.

A refugee from Yemen's civil war walks for miles each day in the desert, picking up objects of all sorts and assembling them into a homemade museum.

The former Obama adviser talks about working for and against Hillary Clinton, and whether the Chicago Cubs really have a shot this year.    

A novel about Korea, a Sleater-Kinney album, and a celebrity chef who’s all about home cooking.