Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora
His posthumous collection Afterparties is part of a new wave of writing on the cultural memory and historical traumas of Southeast Asian immigrants.
Oct 5, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Larissa Pham
Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan Our Foreign Policy Elite Has Learned Nothing From Afghanistan
The War on Terror’s promoters and apologists are determined to blame Biden for finally bringing one bloody chapter to an end.
Oct 4, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
Grace Cho’s Memoir of Food and Empire Grace Cho’s Memoir of Food and Empire
Intertwining a personal story of Korean food ways and a family history caught in the midst of violence, Tastes Like War tests the limits, and shows the power, of memoir.
Oct 4, 2021 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
They Fled the Taliban. Now They’re in a Tent City in New Mexico. They Fled the Taliban. Now They’re in a Tent City in New Mexico.
Abul Ahmed describes the living conditions inside the Fort Bliss refugee camp.
Sep 30, 2021 / James Stout
Will We Remember the Victims of the Kabul Drone Strike? Will We Remember the Victims of the Kabul Drone Strike?
For 20 years, the War on Terror has brought death and destruction to countless countries. Will we remember the victims?
Sep 29, 2021 / Nick Turse
Why the Media No Longer Cares About Nicaragua Why the Media No Longer Cares About Nicaragua
Elite fixations often determine press coverage, and no one in power wants to talk about Daniel Ortega anymore.
Sep 28, 2021 / Eric Alterman
How Do We Confront America’s Attachment to Violence? How Do We Confront America’s Attachment to Violence?
Its toxicity has penetrated all too deeply into the soul of the nation.
Sep 27, 2021 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug
The Quiet Power of Everyday Resistance The Quiet Power of Everyday Resistance
Scholar Roger Mac Ginty’s Everyday Peace explores how acts of individual solidarity or noncompliance are vital in forging conciliation amid war and violence.
Sep 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Francis Wade
Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11 Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11
The Pentagon’s spending surge made corporations a windfall.
Sep 24, 2021 / William D. Hartung
Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance
The line from defeat in Afghanistan to deputizing bounty hunters in Texas can be traced in blood—and history.
Sep 22, 2021 / John Scagliotti and JoAnn Wypijewski