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The Costs of 20 Years of War
Two decades of war caused the deaths of nearly 1 million people and will cost US taxpayers more than $8 trillion.
Neta Crawford
Gitmo’s Forgotten Ex-Detainees
They were freed from Guantánamo, but they’re still searching for a home.
Clair MacDougall
Why America Goes to War
Money drives the US military machine.
Andrew Cockburn
How the War on Terror Created the “Muslim American”
Before 9/11, Muslims were just another of this country’s many religious groups. After, they became a targeted, racialized minority.
Moustafa Bayoumi
The War on Terror: 20 Years of Bloodshed and Delusion
From the beginning, the War on Terror merged red-hot vengeance with calculated opportunism. Millions are still paying the price.
Tariq Ali
Editorial
The Staggering Costs of Sexual Harassment
Settlements offer a semblance of justice, but they don’t make victims of sexual harassment whole.
Bryce Covert
For a Moment, the World Glimpsed the Truth of the US Occupation
The final days of the US occupation of Afghanistan were a nightmarish embodiment of the chaos, corruption, and violence of the last 20 years.
Ali M. Latifi
Congress Has the Power to Rein In Presidential Military Overreach
The commander in chief’s power to invade and inflict carnage is far too expansive.
Danny Sjursen
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Animal Dewormer as Covid Preventative
Calvin Trillin
How Andrew Cuomo Hurt Men, Too
His abuses targeted women and men—the latter more insidiously.
Alexis Grenell
How Cheerleaders of the Forever Wars Got Away With Murder
In reckoning with post-9/11 fantasies and lies, don’t forget the role of the press.
Jeet Heer
Barbara Lee Has to Vote
Twenty years after her historic vote against invading Afghanistan, the California congresswoman is still speaking up and taking action.
Aída Chávez
Books & the Arts
What Is Owed
William Darity and A. Kirsten Mullen’s case for reparations.
William P. Jones
The Politics of Viruses
Carl Zimmer and what popular science writing often misses.
Danielle Carr
In the Shadow of 9/11
Did the War on Terror put our democracy at risk—or reveal its flaws?
Samuel Moyn
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The New New Deal?
Bernie Sanders says the Democratic caucus’s budget will be “the most consequential piece of legislation for working people, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the poor” since the 1930s. What’s in it?
John Nichols
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