The Change in Cuba Policy Is a Nod to Reality The Change in Cuba Policy Is a Nod to Reality
The president's announcement this week was a long overdue step into the twenty-first century.
Dec 23, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
More Sanctions for Russia, More Military Aid for Kiev Will Undermine the Fragile Cease-fire More Sanctions for Russia, More Military Aid for Kiev Will Undermine the Fragile Cease-fire
Just after jettisoning one Cold War relic, President Obama gave renewed credence to another.
Dec 22, 2014 / James Carden
How the US Created a ‘Little Hiroshima’ in Central America How the US Created a ‘Little Hiroshima’ in Central America
From 1989 to 1990, thousands of civilians died and were buried in mass graves in President George H.W. Bush's search for one suspected drug trafficker.
Dec 22, 2014 / Greg Grandin
The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work The Biggest Lesson From the War on Terror? It Didn’t Work
Why can’t Washington get the message?
Dec 18, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
How Bad Can Marco Rubio and Congress Muck Up the Cuba Shift? How Bad Can Marco Rubio and Congress Muck Up the Cuba Shift?
Only Congress can lift the embargo, and prominent Senators have threatened to block any ambassador to Cuba.
Dec 17, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick
What Does it Feel Like to Be Tortured? What Does it Feel Like to Be Tortured?
Unless you’ve experienced it, you can never really know. Here are five books that come closest to conveying the horror.
Dec 17, 2014 / Ariel Dorfman
Did Barack Obama Just Win Florida for the 2016 Democratic Nominee? Did Barack Obama Just Win Florida for the 2016 Democratic Nominee?
The two countries have resumed a dialogue after fifty years.
Dec 17, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Détente With Cuba: Just About Freaking Time Détente With Cuba: Just About Freaking Time
The history of US-Cuban relations in the last fifty-five years is the history of the loss of American prestige.
Dec 17, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Why the Torture Report Won’t Change Anything Why the Torture Report Won’t Change Anything
At most, it only further proves the incompatibility of a secret intelligence service and an open democracy.
Dec 16, 2014 / Editorial / Tim Weiner
The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings
Reframing the CIA’s interrogation techniques as a violation of scientific and medical ethics may be the best way to achieve accountability.
Dec 16, 2014 / Editorial / Lisa Hajjar