War and Peace

President Donald Trump speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport before boarding his plane to Sharm El-Sheikh, on October 13, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Netanyahu Is Destroying Trump’s Flimsy Peace Plans Netanyahu Is Destroying Trump’s Flimsy Peace Plans

The talk of a new Middle East is belied by Israel’s attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Iran.

Dec 29, 2025 / Jeet Heer

A close-up of Donald Trump against a dark background looking skeptical.

Brace Yourselves for Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine Brace Yourselves for Trump’s New Monroe Doctrine

Trump's latest exploits in Latin America are just the latest expression of a bloody ideological project to entrench US power and protect the profits of Western multinationals.

Dec 23, 2025 / Eric Ross

Gulf

Gulf Gulf

In America.

Dec 23, 2025 / OppArt / Eric Hanson

Pirate Trump

Pirate Trump Pirate Trump

Donald Trump escalates Caribbean tensions with vessel attacks near Venezuela.

Dec 22, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Jose Antonio Kast delivers a speech in front of his supporters after being elected.

Chile at the Crossroads Chile at the Crossroads

A dramatic shift to the extreme right threatens the future—and past—for human rights and accountability.

Dec 19, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh

Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon, in a photo released by House Democrats.

Why Epstein’s Links to the CIA Are So Important Why Epstein’s Links to the CIA Are So Important

We won’t know the full truth about his crimes until the extent of his ties to US intelligence are clear.

Dec 19, 2025 / Column / Jeet Heer

Two US Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys depart at Mercedita International Airport on December 16, 2025, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The Trump administration is conducting a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces for what it calls an anti-drugs offensive.

The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited

The truculent trio—Trump, Hegseth, and Rubio—do Venezuela.

Dec 18, 2025 / Barbara Koeppel

Recently discharged Marine Faris Touhy recreates an image of him drinking a cup of coffee after two days of fighting on Eniwetok Atoll in February, 1944.

David Nasaw’s Unsparing Tour of America’s World War II and Its Aftermath David Nasaw’s Unsparing Tour of America’s World War II and Its Aftermath

A gimlet-eyed and honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that still affect us today.

Dec 16, 2025 / Richard Parker

Second

Second Second

Strike.

Dec 16, 2025 / OppArt / Kevin Necessary

A missile is fired during a US and South Korea joint training exercise on May 25, 2022, in East Coast, South Korea, just days after North Korea fired three ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Wednesday, including an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

Have We Normalized Nuclear War? Have We Normalized Nuclear War?

If anything, the widespread lack of comprehension (and so protest) is one big reason nuclear war remains so chillingly possible.

Dec 15, 2025 / William Astore

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