The Trump Presidency Is Our Second 9/11 The Trump Presidency Is Our Second 9/11
For the past three years, Donald Trump has been a uniquely disastrous president.
Dec 26, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account. Those Who Ran the Afghanistan War Lied. They Must Be Held to Account.
Activists often pledge to “speak truth to power.” The sad reality is that power often knows the truth.
Dec 17, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War 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.
Dec 12, 2019 / Maggie Seymour
Trump Escalates His Assault on the Right to Travel Trump Escalates His Assault on the Right to Travel
Last week, in a blow that hits Cuban Americans particularly hard, the administration canceled all commercial air service to regional Cuban airports.
Nov 1, 2019 / Peter Kornbluh
Ro Khanna Reflects on Gandhi’s 150th Birthday Ro Khanna Reflects on Gandhi’s 150th Birthday
Gandhi's lessons of pluralism and peace could serve us well during this time of division and strife, the representative writes.
Oct 2, 2019 / Rep. Ro Khanna
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War 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.
Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Damn It, Joe Biden and Michelle Obama, Stop Rehabilitating George W. Bush! 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.
Oct 15, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher
John Bolton’s Extremism Is Perfectly Aligned With the Most Bellicose Israeli Policies John Bolton’s Extremism Is Perfectly Aligned With the Most Bellicose Israeli Policies
Whether he consciously puts Israel’s interests first or whether he believes they are identical to US interests doesn’t really matter—the outcome is the same.
Apr 13, 2018 / Mairav Zonszein
Gina Haspel’s Role in the Torture Era Demands Attention Gina Haspel’s Role in the Torture Era Demands Attention
Democrats need to insist on the fundamental principle that a torturer is unfit to serve in government in any capacity.
Mar 20, 2018 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA
Obama’s decision not to pursue accountability has given Bush administration criminals golden-shield powers.
Mar 16, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar