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Joe Biden military

Biden’s First Pentagon Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer Biden’s First Pentagon Budget Isn’t Making Us Any Safer

The mind-boggling budget underscores just how misguided Washington’s current “security” policies really are.

Jul 1, 2021 / Mandy Smithberger and William D. Hartung

Celebrating the Holidays

Celebrating the Holidays Celebrating the Holidays

Remembering our history.

Jun 30, 2021 / OppArt / Josh Gosfield

The Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria

The Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria The Human Cost of 10 Years of Conflict in Syria

A decade after the first shots were fired, cities are in ruins, over half a million Syrians have died, and more than ten million have been displaced.

Jun 30, 2021 / Feature / John Washington

Viet Thanh Nguyen

‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’ ‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’

A conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.

Jun 30, 2021 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives Biden’s Failure to End Trump’s War on Cuba Is Threatening Lives

The president promised to return to Obama’s policies of engagement with Cuba, but the embargo and other Trump-era restrictions remain in place.

Jun 29, 2021 / Danny Glover

Celebrating Pride Month

Celebrating Pride Month Celebrating Pride Month

A dance to LGBTQ!

Jun 29, 2021 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

Senator Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent

Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.

Jun 28, 2021 / Obituary / John Nichols

Ebrahim Raisi

Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran Low Turnout Embarrasses Hard-Liners in Iran

The religious right captured the presidency, but voters still registered their dissent.

Jun 28, 2021 / Dostmohammad Punjabi

Ploughshares

Ploughshares Ploughshares

Deeper holes.

Jun 28, 2021 / OppArt / Brian Stauffer

Toasting Our Destruction

Toasting Our Destruction Toasting Our Destruction

Exploiting natural resources to extinction.

Jun 25, 2021 / OppArt / Sue Coe

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