Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas Trump’s Chaos Is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas

Americans are tired of wars without end. But the reality is that we are headed into more war without public support, without a sensible strategy or a clear purpose.

Jun 27, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fighting American Wars on Reality TV Fighting American Wars on Reality TV

Jun 27, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

Macron on the March in France Macron on the March in France

Many voters share his belief that the current crisis requires a different kind of politics—but can Macron deliver the goods?

Jun 27, 2017 / Feature / Arthur Goldhammer

Violence Is Rising in Congo—and the United States and EU Can Stop It, if They Want To Violence Is Rising in Congo—and the United States and EU Can Stop It, if They Want To

They have immense leverage over Joseph Kabila’s repressive government.

Jun 26, 2017 / James North

American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017 American Special Ops Forces Have Deployed to 70 Percent of the World’s Countries in 2017

Jun 26, 2017 / Nick Turse

These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice These CIA Torture Victims May Finally Have a Chance at Justice

A lawsuit filed on behalf of former “black site” prisoners is now scheduled to go to trial—but in seeking restitution, the detainees have had to relive their torment.  &n...

Jun 26, 2017 / Larry Siems

The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible The Economic System That Made the Grenfell Tragedy Possible

In the UK—and in the US—public goods like affordable housing have been neglected to dangerous degrees.

Jun 26, 2017 / Michelle Chen

50 Years Later, Rekindle the ‘Spirit of Glassboro’ 50 Years Later, Rekindle the ‘Spirit of Glassboro’

50 years after the Glassboro Summit, we should question the wisdom of leaders who seem averse to any kind of détente between the United States and Russia.

Jun 23, 2017 / Norman Solomon

The Republic of Rogue Island The Republic of Rogue Island

Here's what one state's radical experiment after the American Revolution can tell us about democracy today.

Jun 23, 2017 / Tom Cutterham

On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power On Writers, the Media, and the Corruptions of Power

Joel Whitney, whose book Finks is about the CIA’s subversion of US culture, talks about the scars left by the Cold War.

Jun 22, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence