The Story of the Year The Story of the Year
How did we allow this to happen?
Dec 26, 2025 / Steve Brodner
The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited
The truculent trio—Trump, Hegseth, and Rubio—do Venezuela.
Dec 18, 2025 / Barbara Koeppel
Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later Operation Condor: A Network of Transnational Repression 50 Years Later
How Condor launched a wave of cross-border assassinations and disappearances in Latin America.
Dec 3, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh
Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis
For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis.
Nov 26, 2025 / Marc Frank
A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?
While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...
Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes
Congress Should Push Back Against the New US-Saudi Arms Agreement Congress Should Push Back Against the New US-Saudi Arms Agreement
We should not let a few business deals, however lucrative, tie America to a regime that is more likely to entangle America in a new Middle East conflict.
Nov 24, 2025 / William D. Hartung
Rethinking Nuremberg for the 21st Century Rethinking Nuremberg for the 21st Century
The new film Nuremberg may tell us as much about the present as about the past.
Nov 10, 2025 / Elizabeth Borgwardt
Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy
A wannabe emperor goes in search of an empire.
Nov 6, 2025 / Peter Kornbluh and William M. LeoGrande
Can Trump’s War Be Prevented? Can Trump’s War Be Prevented?
A congressional war powers resolution could bring pressure and is the best hope for averting another disastrous war.
Oct 30, 2025 / Mark Weisbrot
Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame. Europe Is at Donald Trump’s Mercy. It Has Itself to Blame.
The European Union has failed to mount an alternative to Donald Trump. On defense, geopolitical alignment, and trade policy, it is ever more subservient to the United States.
Oct 28, 2025 / Harrison Stetler