Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place? Why Is the VA Suffering From a Lack of Resources in the First Place?
Today’s lesson is quite simple: after conflicts are over, we need to fully fund the healthcare and medical needs of our veterans. Forever.
May 21, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Judicial Nominee in Limbo After Senators Demand Secret Drone Memos Judicial Nominee in Limbo After Senators Demand Secret Drone Memos
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want to see an Obama nominee’s legal analyses on targeted strikes before they vote.
May 13, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Approach Really the Same as Bush’s? Is Obama’s Foreign Policy Approach Really the Same as Bush’s?
Two cheers for the president's centrist foreign policy.
May 7, 2014 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
How the US Created the Afghan War—and Then Lost It How the US Created the Afghan War—and Then Lost It
Driven by the idée fixe that the world was rigidly divided into terrorist and non-terrorist camps, Washington allied with Afghan warlords and strongmen.
Apr 29, 2014 / Anand Gopal
Abu Ghraib: A Torture Story Without a Hero or an Ending Abu Ghraib: A Torture Story Without a Hero or an Ending
Despite all evidence to the contrary, many Americans continue to believe that brutality, torture and rank illegality is the road to national safety.
Apr 28, 2014 / Karen J. Greenberg
How America’s Wars Came Home With the Troops How America’s Wars Came Home With the Troops
Since 2002, veterans have been committing murder individually and in groups, killing family, friends, strangers and—in appalling numbers—themselves.
Apr 17, 2014 / Ann Jones
Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are holding the US government accountable for innocent victims on all sides of the fighting.
Apr 16, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
The Body Politic The Body Politic
When US soldiers venture abroad, women’s bodies can become the occupied territories.
Apr 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Akemi Johnson
Fort Hood: A Tragic Reminder of the Military’s Mental Health Crisis Fort Hood: A Tragic Reminder of the Military’s Mental Health Crisis
Lopez’s acts of mass violence distinguish him from his fellow service members; still, he appears to have shared with many others the experience of coming home to a country un...
Apr 3, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Lawmakers Ask Obama for a Tally of People Killed by Drones Lawmakers Ask Obama for a Tally of People Killed by Drones
A bipartisan bill introduced Wednesday asks the administration to make a clearer distinction between combatants and civilians.
Apr 2, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter