Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans Trump’s Other ‘National Emergency’: Sanctions That Kill Venezuelans
The humanitarian crisis will get rapidly worse if the most recent sanctions continue.
Feb 28, 2019 / Mark Weisbrot
Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia Inside the Secretive US Air Campaign In Somalia
Since Trump took office, figuring out whom the US is killing and why has become nearly impossible.
Feb 7, 2019 / Feature / Amanda Sperber
The Forgotten Lessons of Nagasaki The Forgotten Lessons of Nagasaki
Seventy-four years after an atom bomb destroyed the Japanese city, survivors hold on to its tragic memory.
Jan 17, 2019 / Susan Southard
We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe We Have Entered A Dangerous Moral Universe
What futures can we imagine when we no longer trust our senses?
Dec 19, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion
Not to mention 240,000 civilian deaths and 21 million displaced. And yet a congressional commission is urging yet more money for a bloated Pentagon.
Nov 21, 2018 / Editorial / William D. Hartung
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Denis Mukwege Has Treated Congo’s Rape Victims for 2 Decades Nobel Peace Prize Winner Denis Mukwege Has Treated Congo’s Rape Victims for 2 Decades
The doctor faced an assassination attempt and government retribution after speaking out against violence and government abuses.
Oct 24, 2018 / Lauren Wolfe
The War Anniversary You Forgot to Mark The War Anniversary You Forgot to Mark
The media have forgotten about America’s longest war.
Oct 22, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Palestinians Engaged in Nonviolent Protest. Israel Responded With a Massacre. Palestinians Engaged in Nonviolent Protest. Israel Responded With a Massacre.
The targeting of unarmed demonstrators by snipers using high-velocity weapons was methodical, precise, and lethal.
May 17, 2018 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
American Air Strikes in Syria Do Nothing to Further Justice for the Victims of the Attack on Douma American Air Strikes in Syria Do Nothing to Further Justice for the Victims of the Attack on Douma
There is no legal justification for the current US troop presence in Syria, let alone additional air strikes.
Apr 13, 2018 / Editorial / Phyllis Bennis
A Bogus ‘Compromise’ Senate Bill Would Prolong Atrocities in Yemen A Bogus ‘Compromise’ Senate Bill Would Prolong Atrocities in Yemen
The Young/Shaheen measure would allow continued US participation in Saudi war crimes. Support the Sanders/Lee/Murphy bill instead.
Mar 13, 2018 / Mark Weisbrot