I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars
At West Point, Graduation Day felt more like a tragedy than a triumph.
Nov 8, 2019 / Danny Sjursen
I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War
Fifteen years later, the Second Battle of Fallujah and the war that tore my country apart looms large in my memory.
Nov 7, 2019 / Ali Nayyef
South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks
“We are on the cusp of a dangerous time,” a peace delegation declared at the UN.
Nov 7, 2019 / Tim Shorrock
Inconvenient Truths Inconvenient Truths
Alarming things we have learned under Trump, but not always about him.
Nov 6, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen
The Pentagon Won’t Acknowledge Hundreds of Military Bases The Pentagon Won’t Acknowledge Hundreds of Military Bases
Nov 6, 2019 / Nick Turse
Trump Is Right to Want to Stop Our Endless Wars, but He’s the Wrong Person to Do It Trump Is Right to Want to Stop Our Endless Wars, but He’s the Wrong Person to Do It
It’ll take a president with more determination and consistency to put an end to our global crusade.
Nov 5, 2019 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Trump’s Impeachment Lures Democrats Into a Cold War Mentality Trump’s Impeachment Lures Democrats Into a Cold War Mentality
The hawkish mindset that liberals have embraced threatens not just their own political fortunes but also global peace.
Nov 4, 2019 / Aaron Maté
Trump Has Stolen the Anti-War Mantle. Here’s How to Get It Back. Trump Has Stolen the Anti-War Mantle. Here’s How to Get It Back.
His claims about wanting to “end endless US wars” are lies—but they’re effective, because the massive anti-war movement that we need is missing in action.
Nov 4, 2019 / Phyllis Bennis
The US Military Is a Socialist Organization The US Military Is a Socialist Organization
Affordable housing and food, tuition assistance, and universal health care are hallmarks of a social welfare system—and life in the armed forces.
Nov 4, 2019 / Liesel Kershul
The Far Right Is Tightening Its Grip on French Politics The Far Right Is Tightening Its Grip on French Politics
As extremist ideas enter the mainstream, “clash of civilizations” rhetoric is crowding out more nuanced approaches to the very real problem of terrorism.
Nov 1, 2019 / Harrison Stetler