China, America and a New Cold War in Africa? China, America and a New Cold War in Africa?
Is the conflict in South Sudan the opening salvo in the battle for a continent?
Jul 31, 2014 / Nick Turse
Why Does This Nation of Immigrants Always Imprison ‘The Other’? Why Does This Nation of Immigrants Always Imprison ‘The Other’?
Has the romanticization of American history allowed the resurgence of discriminatory practices in recent episodes of crisis?
Jul 30, 2014 / Erin Corbett and Back Issues
The War Hawks Are Back, and They Still Sound Like Little Boys Playing With Toy Soldiers The War Hawks Are Back, and They Still Sound Like Little Boys Playing With Toy Soldiers
Washington’s armchair generals are salivating at the world’s current turmoil, seeing a chance to rehabilitate themselves.
Jul 23, 2014 / William Greider
How America Changed the Meaning of War How America Changed the Meaning of War
After 9/11, the US invented a new kind of borderless, pre-emptive warfare, plunging the world into an endless cycle of violence.
Jul 22, 2014 / Jonathan Schell
The Iraq That Washington Built The Iraq That Washington Built
“Fear, arbitrary arrests, indiscriminate bombing, killing, an uncertain future—this is the new democratic Iraq.”
Jul 17, 2014 / Dahr Jamail
Does America Still Torture? Does America Still Torture?
President Barack Obama made a big deal of turning the page on Bush-era “interrogration techniques,” but how much has really changed?
Jul 10, 2014 / Rebecca Gordon
Left-Right Coalition of 80 House Members Wants Congress to Check and Balance Iraq Intervention Left-Right Coalition of 80 House Members Wants Congress to Check and Balance Iraq Intervention
Democrats and Republicans warn of the perils of imagining there is a military "fix."
Jul 3, 2014 / John Nichols
Should We Stop Talking About National Security? Should We Stop Talking About National Security?
Our government has always justified its worst abuses of power—here and abroad—on the basis of “national security.”
Jul 1, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq
Instead of ignoring what the neo-cons have to say about the present crisis in Iraq, maybe we should do this...
Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Against Intervention in Iraq Against Intervention in Iraq
American military involvement would inflame, not ease, Iraq’s sectarian divisions.
Jun 18, 2014 / The Editors