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March 29, 2023
Get Ready for Yet Another Pentagon Spending Spree
This year, the budget will be in striking distance of the $1 trillion mark that hawkish officials and pundits could only dream about a few short years ago.
William D. Hartung
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March 24, 2023
More Guns Won’t Serve the Cause of Peace
The Pentagon’s soaring war budget broadcast a clear and shocking message to the world: Blessed are the war makers.
William Astore
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March 23, 2023
Is the US Flirting With Nuclear War?
A proxy war pitting the United States against a paranoid adversary with a massive nuclear arsenal at his command: What could possibly go wrong?
Andrew J. Bacevich
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March 23, 2023
Katha Pollitt on Women in 2023, Plus Christian Appy on Protest in 1969
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we review the bad news–and the good news–about American women. We’ll also talk about the Vietnam Moratorium protests.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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March 22, 2023
Biden Doesn’t Need to Keep Pushing Xi and Putin Closer
A path away from great power conflict.
Jake Werner
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March 22, 2023
Should President Biden Run for Reelection? A “Nation” Forum
We wanted to know what prominent progressive Democrats, left-leaning independents, and battleground state activists were thinking. So we asked them.
Various Contributors
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March 20, 2023
20 Years Ago, the US Lied Its Way Into War
On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, The Nation reprints its plea to Congress to reject Bush’s preemptive assault.
The Nation
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March 17, 2023
Are We Manufacturing a Taiwan Crisis Over Nothing?
Concluding that an invasion is not likely under current circumstances is absolutely reasonable—but you wouldn’t know it in Washington.
Michael T. Klare
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March 17, 2023
The Unlearned Lessons From the War in Iraq
You don’t have to reflect on a war if that war doesn’t end, let alone pay reparations for your crimes.
Spencer Ackerman
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March 13, 2023
Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin
We should condemn Russian crimes in Ukraine, but not while conveniently forgetting the crimes we committed in Iraq.
Juan Cole