How Obama Went From Being a Peace Candidate to a War President How Obama Went From Being a Peace Candidate to a War President
Critics call him timid, but the president’s foreign policy has often been too aggressive—even at the risk of our long-term national interests.
Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Sherle R. Schwenninger
The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It
Anthony Russo, the “other conspirator” of the Pentagon Papers, shouldn't be left in history’s trash bin.
Jun 1, 2015 / Barbara Myers
Massacre and Reprisal in a Shattered Iraq Massacre and Reprisal in a Shattered Iraq
The refugee crisis is growing as civilians flee a war that is drawing ethnic and religious borders in blood.
May 29, 2015 / Jesse Rosenfeld
Ukraine’s ‘Full-Fledged Economic Meltdown’ Ukraine’s ‘Full-Fledged Economic Meltdown’
Obstacles to détente in the Ukraine crisis and predictions for the country's uncertain economic future.
May 28, 2015 / Nation in the News / Stephen F. Cohen
What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq
The mainstream media are unwilling to hold the architects of the war accountable.
May 27, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Here Are the Navy’s Plans to Bomb the Arctic Here Are the Navy’s Plans to Bomb the Arctic
The waters of the Gulf of Alaska are some of the most pristine in the world. That will change next month.
May 21, 2015 / Dahr Jamail
The GOP Still Doesn’t Get It on Iraq The GOP Still Doesn’t Get It on Iraq
For many 2016 GOP hopefuls, when it comes to Iraq, time does not equal wisdom.
May 19, 2015 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Vietnam Is the War That Didn’t End Vietnam Is the War That Didn’t End
Forty years later, we still haven’t confronted the true lesson of Vietnam.
May 5, 2015 / Blog / William Greider
Drones, Cops, and the Unaccountable Machinery of Death Drones, Cops, and the Unaccountable Machinery of Death
From signature strikes in Pakistan to police violence in Baltimore, the state is seemingly uninterested in even counting how many people it kills.
Apr 29, 2015 / Editorial / The Editors
40 Years On, the Taste of Defeat in Vietnam Has Only Become More Rancid 40 Years On, the Taste of Defeat in Vietnam Has Only Become More Rancid
The lesson US presidents learned from it was not no more wars, just no more drafts.
Apr 28, 2015 / Peter Davis