US Wars and Military Action

yemen airstrike

Why Don’t Internationalists Care About Yemen? Why Don’t Internationalists Care About Yemen?

Saudi-led airstrikes are creating hundreds of Guernicas a month in northern Yemen.

Jul 25, 2017 / Juan Cole

Trump at Andrews Air Force Base

Do You Trust Donald Trump’s Finger on the Nuclear Button? Do You Trust Donald Trump’s Finger on the Nuclear Button?

As tensions with North Korea escalate, Congress and the military must prevent a nuclear first strike.

Jul 24, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard

Trump and Ryan

Paul Ryan Hands Donald Trump a Blank Check for Endless War Paul Ryan Hands Donald Trump a Blank Check for Endless War

The Speaker and his allies block Barbara Lee’s drive to check presidential war making.

Jul 20, 2017 / John Nichols

Mosul US Airstike

The US Military ‘Liberated’ Mosul—by Destroying It The US Military ‘Liberated’ Mosul—by Destroying It

The only pattern in the American “war on terror” is disaster.

Jul 20, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

Trump, Merkel, Erdogan at G20

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown

Undermining confidence and alienating allies, Trump has already undone years of American diplomacy.

Jul 17, 2017 / Alfred W. McCoy

Veterans hospital Phoenix

America’s Biggest Publicly Funded, Fully Integrated Health-Care System Is Under Attack America’s Biggest Publicly Funded, Fully Integrated Health-Care System Is Under Attack

The Veterans Health Administration is a successful example of a single-payer system in the United States. It’s time for progressives to defend it.

Jul 17, 2017 / Suzanne Gordon

Bannon and Kushner in Washington DC

Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan

Blackwater’s Erik Prince was a shoo-in for the plan. But who is Stephen Feinberg?

Jul 14, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

North Korean Nuclear Missiles

Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House

It’s time to stop hiding from the crises we’ve created.

Jul 13, 2017 / William J. Astore

New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016

New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016 New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016

He promised to put this forgotten part of America first—but he’s done little so far.

Jul 13, 2017 / James Carden

Abdalaziz Alhamza

Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras

In Matthew Heineman’s City of Ghosts, freedom of the press is a matter of life or death.

Jul 12, 2017 / Sarah Aziza

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