US Dodges Obligation to Help Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual Slavery US Dodges Obligation to Help Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual Slavery
The burgeoning sex industries in Syria and Jordan are thriving because of the Iraq War. The US could speed resettlement for Iraqi women who are trafficked—but it hasn't.
Aug 19, 2010 / Sebastian Swett and Cameron Webster
America Plagued by Periodic Paranoia America Plagued by Periodic Paranoia
Our country has a pattern of losing its mind over issues that later turn out to be insignificant.
Aug 17, 2010 / Press Room
Pentagon Rings Alarm Over China’s Military Pentagon Rings Alarm Over China’s Military
DOD's latest report rehashes old concerns—including many from the Bush administration—while raising new ones.
Aug 17, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mosque Mania Mosque Mania
There is a distinct creepiness to the controversy now raging around a proposed Islamic cultural center in Lower Manhattan.
Aug 10, 2010 / Stephan Salisbury
Women, the Taliban and That ‘Time’ Cover Women, the Taliban and That ‘Time’ Cover
Whatever reason the United States has for being in Afghanistan, it has nothing to do with the plight of Afghan women.
Aug 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Plan for Iraq is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan Obama’s Plan for Iraq is the Petraeus-Bush Iraq Plan
"The idea that Obama is making good on a campaign promise to end the war is playing with words,” says The Nation's Jeremy Scahill.
Aug 3, 2010 / Democracy Now!
The End of (Military) History? The End of (Military) History?
The United States, Israel and the failure of the Western way of war.
Jul 29, 2010 / Andrew J. Bacevich
United States, Iran to Restart Talks United States, Iran to Restart Talks
Despite the war cries from the neocons, Washington and Tehran will soon be back at the negotiating table.
Jul 29, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12 Republicans Oppose Obama’s Afghan Surge War Opposition Grows As 102 House Dems, 12 Republicans Oppose Obama’s Afghan Surge
House approves "emergency" Afghan war funding, but 114 members vote "no" in one of the strongest shows of antiwar sentiment since the Vietnam era.
Jul 28, 2010 / John Nichols
Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers Thank God for the Whistle-Blowers
What WikiLeaks did was brilliant journalism, and the bleating critics from the president on down are revealing just how low a regard they have for the truth.
Jul 28, 2010 / Robert Scheer