Obama’s Surrender to War Obama’s Surrender to War
The crisis in Iraq and Syria demands a political solution. Here are the key diplomatic steps needed to get there.
Sep 17, 2014 / The Editors
While the Fashion World Swoons Over This Season’s Styles, the Workers Making Them Are Fainting on the Job While the Fashion World Swoons Over This Season’s Styles, the Workers Making Them Are Fainting on the Job
Cambodia’s garment workers are fighting for something they’ve never had before: a living wage.
Sep 17, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Who’s Paying the Pro-War Pundits? Who’s Paying the Pro-War Pundits?
Talking heads like former General Jack Keane are all over the news media fanning fears of IS. Shouldn’t the public know about their links to Pentagon contractors?
Sep 16, 2014 / Lee Fang
What Is India? What Is India?
Why India’s boom years have been a bust.
Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Siddhartha Deb
Shelf Life Shelf Life
The secret history of invisible ink.
Sep 16, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
You’ll Have to Rip Benghazi From Fox’s Cold, Dead Hands You’ll Have to Rip Benghazi From Fox’s Cold, Dead Hands
Fox News becomes a caricature of itself, again.
Sep 16, 2014 / Leslie Savan
The Questions Congress Should Ask About Obama’s War on ISIS The Questions Congress Should Ask About Obama’s War on ISIS
More than two-dozen groups are calling on lawmakers to address serious gaps and inconsistencies in the president’s strategy.
Sep 16, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
The US Has Been the World’s Sole Superpower for the Last 13 Years—Why Hasn’t It Done Anything Good? The US Has Been the World’s Sole Superpower for the Last 13 Years—Why Hasn’t It Done Anything Good?
Now, across a vast and growing swath of the planet, the main force at work seems not to be the concentration of power, but its fragmentation.
Sep 16, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Obama Is Open to Ground Troops in Iraq, a Top General Says Obama Is Open to Ground Troops in Iraq, a Top General Says
US military officials outlined several scenarios ground troops could end up fighting in Iraq and said Obama hasn’t closed the door.
Sep 16, 2014 / George Zornick
Obama Reneges on His Foreign-Policy Promises Obama Reneges on His Foreign-Policy Promises
The United States can’t create peace by military force. We can only add to the destruction.
Sep 16, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel