America’s Warfare Welfare State America’s Warfare Welfare State
The broader costs—and the corruption of our fundamental values and identity as a nation—are usually ignored.
Oct 11, 2012 / Marcus G. Raskin and Gregory D. Squires
Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won’t Be Raised in the Presidential Debates
Don’t expect either Obama or Romney to ask any of these questions.
Oct 11, 2012 / Peter Van Buren
Will Paul Ryan Raise a Bloody Al Qaeda Flag? Will Paul Ryan Raise a Bloody Al Qaeda Flag?
Al Qaeda is nearly gone, and the war in Afghanistan is nearly over.
Oct 11, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals Exit Stage Left: The FBI and Student Radicals
How in 1960s Berkeley the state waged a two-front war to stamp out opponents, real and imagined, to its rule.
Oct 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Steve Wasserman
The Crazy: Writing the Iraq War The Crazy: Writing the Iraq War
In memoirs and novels, Iraq vets reflect on war’s dehumanizing consequences.
Oct 10, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eli Jelly-Schapiro
Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts
Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spews happy talk at a NATO meeting.
Oct 10, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Universities Dump Adidas Over Labor Disputes Universities Dump Adidas Over Labor Disputes
In its reckless quest to overtake Nike in the sportswear market, Adidas built a footloose global supply chain to force its factories into cut-throat competition.
Oct 9, 2012 / StudentNation / Garrett Shishido Strain
Will Egypt’s New Constitution Take the Country Backwards? Will Egypt’s New Constitution Take the Country Backwards?
From freedom of religion to women’s equality, civil society and human rights groups warn that crucial rights are being poorly defined—or threatened.
Oct 9, 2012 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview Mitt Romney’s Twentieth-Century Worldview
The GOP candidate’s necon foreign policy would move America backwards.
Oct 9, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Disaster on Autopilot Disaster on Autopilot
U.S military might is failing in a world without major enemies.
Oct 9, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt