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Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades

The US Border Patrol played a key role in propping up Latin American dictatorships.

Jan 25, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

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Letters From the February 11-18, 2019, Issue Letters From the February 11-18, 2019, Issue

Military-industrial complexity… Worth 1,000 words… Parsing the new NAFTA… Greenspan’s historical amnesia…

Jan 24, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers

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The End of Russia’s ‘Democratic Illusions’ About America The End of Russia’s ‘Democratic Illusions’ About America

How Russiagate has impacted a vital struggle in Russia.

Jan 23, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump at Hangar Rally

Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism Needed: A Clear Foreign Policy of Progressive Realism

Democrats have the opportunity to define this positive policy, not simply react to Trump’s provocations.

Jan 22, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump and Putin at G20

Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy

Baseless Russiagate allegations continue to risk war with Russia.

Jan 16, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Uighur ethnic cleansing in China

How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

A million Uighurs are being held in concentration camps in Xinjiang. What can the US do?

Jan 15, 2019 / Daniel Bessner and Isaac Stone Fish

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Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue

Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…

Jan 10, 2019 / Letters / Our Readers and Ben Ehrenreich

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What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals

A wise decision is greeted by denunciations, obstructionism, imperial thinking, and more Russia-bashing.

Jan 9, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Catarina Alonzo, mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Now two Guatemalan children have died under Border Patrol custody. But the agency’s role in Latin American oppression has a long history.

Jan 3, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, speaks to reporters

The Trouble With Patrick Shanahan The Trouble With Patrick Shanahan

A 31-year Boeing employee, member of the Boeing Executive Council, and the embodiment of the military-industrial complex will soon be running the Pentagon. 

Dec 27, 2018 / John Nichols

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