The Weekend Biden’s Middle East Policy Collapsed The Weekend Biden’s Middle East Policy Collapsed
Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s diplomatic trip was a humiliating failure. The administration’s regional approach has gone down in flames.
Nov 7, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman
Why Israel Slept Why Israel Slept
The long catalogue of intelligence failures that allowed Hamas to stage its brutal surprise attack on October 7 begins at The Venetian, Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas resort.
Nov 2, 2023 / James Bamford
“Why I Resigned From the State Department” “Why I Resigned From the State Department”
An interview with Josh Paul.
Oct 30, 2023 / Laura Flanders
Jake Sullivan’s Rewrite Can’t Paper Over an Impoverished Foreign Policy Jake Sullivan’s Rewrite Can’t Paper Over an Impoverished Foreign Policy
The national security adviser’s hasty edits make clear the incoherence of Biden’s diplomacy.
Oct 30, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Why I Just Quit DSA Why I Just Quit DSA
After over four decades as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, one of the group’s founding members is leaving in sorrow and anger.
Oct 23, 2023 / Maurice Isserman
Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along Biden’s Zombie Foreign Policy Lurches Blindly Along
As global instability spreads, the president remains committed to failed strategies.
Oct 23, 2023 / Jeet Heer
The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn The Jewish Justice Movement Is Being Reborn
At the Jewish Voice for Peace rally, thousands of protesters made clear that they will no longer allow the suffering of the Jewish people to be weaponized against others.
Oct 19, 2023 / Dave Zirin
How Today’s Turmoil Is Eliciting a Wave of Nostalgia for Pax Americana How Today’s Turmoil Is Eliciting a Wave of Nostalgia for Pax Americana
Yet the notion that the United States ever withdrew from the world is risible.
Oct 17, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing It’s Time for Dems to Stop Hand-Wringing and Demand That Israel End Its Bombing
Palestinians don’t need crocodile tears and lawyer-speak. They need a cease-fire.
Oct 16, 2023 / Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
The NFL Prays for Israel and Ignores Palestine The NFL Prays for Israel and Ignores Palestine
A few football fans started chanting “Free Palestine” during a moment of silence for the Israeli dead. It was a cry for Palestinian lives to matter as much as Israeli ones.
Oct 16, 2023 / Dave Zirin