War and Peace

Afghan dust

Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War

You can also write a letter to the editor to demand the removal of Confederate statues, and join a campaign to take economic power from Wall Street and give it back to communities.

Aug 22, 2017 / NationAction

Trump Korea Standoff

Avoiding War With North Korea Avoiding War With North Korea

It’s way past time for Trump to begin talks with Pyongyang.

Aug 22, 2017 / John Feffer

Ain Issa refugee camp

The Middle East’s Wars Are Creating a Lost Generation The Middle East’s Wars Are Creating a Lost Generation

The children who live through these conflicts could be scarred for decades.

Aug 22, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions

Hint: It’s not North Korea, Russia, or Iran.

Aug 17, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

robert e lee removal

Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow Political Conflict Over Historical Monuments, From Charlottesville to Moscow

Today’s conflicts over American slavery and Stalin’s Great Terror reveal similar controversies as well as an unknown Putin.

Aug 17, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Palestinian Family in Mourning

Cutting Off Payments to Palestinian Families Won’t Stop Terrorism Cutting Off Payments to Palestinian Families Won’t Stop Terrorism

It also might amount to collective punishment, which is illegal. 

Aug 17, 2017 / Lara Friedman

Neo-Nazis Charlottesville

Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East? Charlottesville: Is America Becoming the Middle East?

 Our neo-imperial wars may be coming home to roost.

Aug 16, 2017 / Juan Cole

A federal agent stands outside of a building in San Diego, CA.

No, We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Domestic Issues No, We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Domestic Issues

Military rhetoric only serves to dehumanize public issues rather than to treat them.

Aug 15, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

Threat Level: Bright Orange Threat Level: Bright Orange

Forget North Korea and the KKK, it's the scary, scary immigrants that will bring us down.

Aug 15, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

North Korea Missile

Nuclear Deterrence Will Fail Nuclear Deterrence Will Fail

Trump’s dangerous bluster reveals the flaw in nuclear-deterrence theory—human fallibility.

Aug 11, 2017 / Ward Wilson

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