Two Decades Later, We Still Know Too Little About the Government’s Torture Program Two Decades Later, We Still Know Too Little About the Government’s Torture Program
Attempts to keep that blindfold in place in the name of “national security” have helped sustain darkness over light.
Jun 1, 2023 / Karen J. Greenberg
Letters From the May 1/8, 2023, Issue Letters From the May 1/8, 2023, Issue
A higher bar… Impeding our war machine…
Apr 18, 2023 / Our Readers
What Survivors of War Can Tell Us About Our Broken Health Care System What Survivors of War Can Tell Us About Our Broken Health Care System
Policy-makers once so prepared to place veterans in harm’s way are remarkably unprepared to care for them when they are no longer of direct use.
Apr 5, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino
After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken? After the Iraq Debacle, Why Does the National Security Establishment Remain Unshaken?
Mission unaccomplished—and lessons unlearned.
Mar 30, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The DHS and Its Legacy of Terrorizing Immigrants The DHS and Its Legacy of Terrorizing Immigrants
Since its creation after 9/11, the Department of Homeland Security has criminalized immigrants living in the United States as well as those newly arriving or seeking safety here.
Mar 27, 2023 / Azadeh Shahshahani and Setareh Ghandehari
20 Years Ago, the US Lied Its Way Into War 20 Years Ago, the US Lied Its Way Into War
On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, The Nation reprints its plea to Congress to reject Bush’s preemptive assault.
Mar 20, 2023 / Feature / The Nation
The Unlearned Lessons From the War in Iraq The Unlearned Lessons From the War in Iraq
You don’t have to reflect on a war if that war doesn’t end, let alone pay reparations for your crimes.
Mar 17, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin
We should condemn Russian crimes in Ukraine, but not while conveniently forgetting the crimes we committed in Iraq.
Mar 13, 2023 / Juan Cole
We Can’t Reduce the Ukraine War to a Morality Play We Can’t Reduce the Ukraine War to a Morality Play
Along with causing immense suffering, Putin’s war has unleashed a tidal wave of hyperbole.
Feb 14, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Is There Any Honor In War? Is There Any Honor In War?
It’s time for us to begin seeing war not as our making but our unmaking—as democracy’s undoing as well as the brutal thing it truly is.
Oct 7, 2022 / William Astore