Don’t Be So Quick to Defend Woodrow Wilson Don’t Be So Quick to Defend Woodrow Wilson
It would be a grave mistake to ignore the link between Wilson’s white supremacy at home and his racist militarism abroad.
Nov 24, 2015 / Greg Grandin
The United States Didn’t Just Help Topple Allende—We Trained the Economists, Too The United States Didn’t Just Help Topple Allende—We Trained the Economists, Too
A new documentary, Chicago Boys, looks at the Chilean economists who brought neoliberalism from the halls of Chicago to the policies of Latin America.
Nov 16, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Diplomacy by Air Strike Is an All-American Tradition Diplomacy by Air Strike Is an All-American Tradition
Obama’s foreign policy owes its roots to Henry Kissinger, the ultimate bombardier.
Nov 9, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Ending Colombia’s 100-Year War Ending Colombia’s 100-Year War
Peace talks, nudged along by Cuba and the Vatican, might finally bring an end to the hemisphere’s longest-running civil war.
Oct 27, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom Junot Díaz Just Lost an Award for Speaking Out Against the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Haitian Pogrom
New York’s Dominican Consul General revoked Díaz’s Order of Merit last week, calling him “anti-Dominican.”
Oct 26, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Will the Economic Policies of Argentina’s President Survive Sunday’s Elections? Will the Economic Policies of Argentina’s President Survive Sunday’s Elections?
Cristina Fernández is despised by the neoliberal elite, but her government has improved the lives of many, many people.
Oct 19, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue Letters From the November 2, 2015, Issue
Judging the Court… Hitchens’s exceptionalism… Don’t burn Bernie!… Sinatra always had a cold…
Oct 15, 2015 / Our Readers and Greg Grandin
‘Look for Hospitals as Targets’ ‘Look for Hospitals as Targets’
The historical record suggests that the US bombing of an Afghan hospital may not have been an accident.
Oct 5, 2015 / Greg Grandin
There’s No Conflict of Interest in the ‘New York Times’ Review of Kissinger’s Biography There’s No Conflict of Interest in the ‘New York Times’ Review of Kissinger’s Biography
The reviewer was Kissinger’s top pick to be his own biographer—what could go wrong?
Oct 2, 2015 / Greg Grandin
How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East
We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”
Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin