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February 17, 2022
America’s Disastrous 60-Year War
Most Americans simply take it for granted that war, or threats of war, having defined our immediate past, will define our future as well.
William Astore
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February 9, 2022
We Still Need an Anti-War Movement
The lack of active opposition to endless wars isn’t a new normal, but something like the old normal.
Nan Levinson
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January 31, 2022
Muhammad Ali Was Our Last Great American Hero
The American dream may be coming apart at the seams, but the glory of The Greatest is in full flower and still growing. Why?
Robert Lipsyte
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January 25, 2022
What We Miss When We Say a War Has “Ended”
Bringing to light the kinship among American wars—and, by extension, their true significance—requires situating them in a single historical framework.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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October 14, 2021
Meet Representative Elaine Luria, Chowderhead
The Virginia Democrat wants Congress to give the president the authority to go to war with China. Because the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was such a shining success.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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September 15, 2021
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June 30, 2021
‘We Have to Make Our Nation Confront What It Doesn’t Want to Remember’
A conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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June 29, 2021
These Are the 3 Ways Biden’s Presidency Could Go
Joe Biden has already given us a sense of what to expect from this administration—and what we should worry about.
Andrew J. Bacevich
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June 28, 2021
Mike Gravel Told Americans What Was Being Done in Their Name but Without Their Consent
Fifty years ago this week, the senator read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record. He never stopped battling war and secrecy. Gravel died on Saturday.
John Nichols
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June 18, 2021
American Wars Mean American Lies
We need a truth commission to hold leaders—military and civilian—accountable for America’s failed wars.
William Astore