October 26, 2001: President George W. Bush Signs the USA Patriot Act Into Law October 26, 2001: President George W. Bush Signs the USA Patriot Act Into Law
“At times of crisis the most patriotic act of all is the unyielding defense of civil liberties, the right to dissent and equality before the law for all Americans.”
Oct 26, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
October 23, 1956: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule October 23, 1956: Hungarians Rise Up Against Soviet Rule
“This is a time of reappraisal for the Western liberal who, for his inability to build his own spiritual home, has sought it in what he thought was a Socialist paradise in the East...
Oct 23, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever US Engagement in the Middle East Is Riskier Than Ever
Twelve years after the invasion of Iraq, the US presses onward in a region where it has few clear goals. What could go wrong?
Oct 22, 2015 / Peter Van Buren
What’s Wrong With Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan What’s Wrong With Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
They’re protecting the tenuous grip on power of an increasingly unpopular government.
Oct 22, 2015 / Editorial / The Editors
What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters What I Discovered From Interviewing Imprisoned ISIS Fighters
They’re drawn to the movement for reasons that have little to do with belief in extremist Islam.
Oct 21, 2015 / Lydia Wilson
Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder? Is the US Abetting World Order or Disorder?
How the “sulking superpower” is resisting peaceful outcomes from Syria to Ukraine.
Oct 21, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
October 21, 1967: 100,000 March Against the Vietnam War October 21, 1967: 100,000 March Against the Vietnam War
“The strange thing about the confrontation of the troops and the protesters was that there seemed almost to be a rapport, partly contrived but also partly natural.”
Oct 21, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
How to Win a Nobel Peace Prize How to Win a Nobel Peace Prize
Keep the US military out of your country.
Oct 20, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon
These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country
The influx of Syrian refugees into Europe has reinvigorated Ireland’s debate on its involvement with the war on terror.
Oct 20, 2015 / Danielle Ryan
Fed-Up Refugees Are Actually Breaking Through Border Controls in the Balkans Fed-Up Refugees Are Actually Breaking Through Border Controls in the Balkans
“Today we said ‘enough’ and decided to march.”
Oct 20, 2015 / Jesse Rosenfeld