The Filipino President Just Set Off a Diplomatic Earthquake The Filipino President Just Set Off a Diplomatic Earthquake
Rodrigo Duterte’s tilt toward China is a fundamental shift in the Western Pacific power balance.
Oct 27, 2016 / Patrick Lawrence
Exploding Phones Are Just One of Samsung’s Safety Liabilities Exploding Phones Are Just One of Samsung’s Safety Liabilities
The tech giant’s workforce labors in dire and sometimes fatal conditions.
Oct 27, 2016 / Michelle Chen
How Israel Privatized Its Occupation of Palestine How Israel Privatized Its Occupation of Palestine
It has enriched the security industry and allowed the country to evade accountability for human-rights violations.
Oct 27, 2016 / Feature / Antony Loewenstein and Matt Kennard
Tom Hayden Remembered Tom Hayden Remembered
Personal recollections from Mike Davis, Dick Flacks, Phyllis Bennis, Mark Rudd, Victor Navasky, and many others.
Oct 26, 2016 / Various Contributors
The Geniuses Who Brought You the Iraq War Are at It Again The Geniuses Who Brought You the Iraq War Are at It Again
Washington’s bipartisan foreign-policy elite are pushing for renewed influence in the next administration.
Oct 26, 2016 / Robert L. Borosage
Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus Obama’s Foreign Policy: A Hostage to Bipartisan Consensus
He may have criticized the “Washington playbook,” but he couldn’t overcome DC's interventionist orthodoxy.
Oct 26, 2016 / Feature / James Carden
Iran/Contra Was the Prototype for Post-Vietnam Imperial Adventure Iran/Contra Was the Prototype for Post-Vietnam Imperial Adventure
On the 30th anniversary, we can see that it was an ideological project, with the New Right reasserting the righteousness of militarism and markets.
Oct 25, 2016 / Greg Grandin
No Matter Who Wins the Election, Military Spending Is Here to Stay No Matter Who Wins the Election, Military Spending Is Here to Stay
The military-industrial complex is alive and well, and it’s gobbling up your tax dollars.
Oct 25, 2016 / William D. Hartung
America’s Refusal to Control Firearms Is Killing Teens at an Absurd Rate America’s Refusal to Control Firearms Is Killing Teens at an Absurd Rate
And no, most gun deaths aren’t “gang related.”
Oct 24, 2016 / Gary Younge
How I Found Heaven in a Public Hospital How I Found Heaven in a Public Hospital
Britain’s National Health Service is a cosmopolitan, welfare-state utopia—one that conservatives everywhere want to abolish.
Oct 21, 2016 / Frederika Randall