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August 4, 2020
Government Accountability Has Been Long Gone in the US
From the beginning of the War on Terrorism to the 2008 recession, to the coronavirus pandemic, US government accountability has been missing in action.
Karen J. Greenberg
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February 14, 2020
Our Forever Wars in 6 Questions
After 18-plus years of seemingly endless conflict, our government owes us answers.
Tom Engelhardt
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December 12, 2019
Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War
The Washington Post’s Afghanistan Papers framed in stark terms the incompetence and immorality of the officials under whom I served.
Maggie Seymour
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July 16, 2019
The Transpartisan Revolt Against America’s Endless Wars
It’s one of the few areas where a left-right coalition can jell.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 26, 2019
Why Are We Above International Law?
The Trump administration’s rejection of the International Criminal Court is the latest example of America’s toxic exceptionalism.
Rebecca Gordon
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March 26, 2019
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War
We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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December 5, 2018
New Cold War Dangers
The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous that was its predecessor.
Stephen F. Cohen
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December 4, 2018
George H.W. Bush, Icon of the WASP Establishment—and of Brutal US Repression in the Third World
Obituaries have transformed the terror that Bush inflicted, depicting it as heroism.
Greg Grandin
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October 15, 2018
Damn It, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama, Stop Rehabilitating George W. Bush!
Biden’s decision to present Bush with a medal is more than just shameful.
Steven W. Thrasher
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September 17, 2018
How the US Supreme Court Lost Its Legitimacy
The far right has long sought to limit access to authentic democratic governance. It’s succeeding.
Lawrence Weschler