Watada’s Double Jeopardy Watada’s Double Jeopardy
A legal drama is unfolding in Washington State over whether an Army officer who refuses to serve in Iraq has the same Constitutional rights as the rest of us.
Oct 12, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Iraqis Sue Blackwater for Baghdad Killings Iraqis Sue Blackwater for Baghdad Killings
Blackwater USA now faces wrongful death suits in US court brought by survivors of three Iraqi civilians killed in the September 16 Baghdad shootings.
Oct 11, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Now?
According to Chalmers Johnson, Bush's imperial presidency may be the final chapter in the collapse of American democracy.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes
Burns’s War: What Is It Good For? Burns’s War: What Is It Good For?
An increasingly bookless universe has become the wasteland so many have feared. In a perfect world, we'd have more Ken Burnses expressing a multiplicity of views.
Oct 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Pre-empt Preventive War Pre-empt Preventive War
The path back to sanity begins by repealing the Kyl-Lieberman amendment and prohibiting military action in Iran without Congressional approval.
Oct 11, 2007 / Editorial / The Editors
No Child Left Alive No Child Left Alive
Is there an Army recruiter in your future?
Oct 9, 2007 / Feature / Daniel Mootz
How the Military Can Stop an Iran Attack How the Military Can Stop an Iran Attack
Peace activists are reaching out to US military officials to dampen the Bush Administration's ardor for attacking Iran.
Oct 9, 2007 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Season of Scandals Season of Scandals
Sportswriters hyperventilate over scandals big and small. But when a football hero and Bush critic is shot three times at close range in Afghanistan, by friendly fire, why does no ...
Oct 9, 2007 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte
We Count, They Don’t We Count, They Don’t
The Bush Administration once professed there were no body counts in its war on terror. But in the metrics-driven post-surge accounting in Iraq, it turns out it's been counting ever...
Oct 4, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Toothless in Babylon Toothless in Babylon
In the gray dawn of the twenty-first century, only a handful of lawmakers dare to stand up and be counted on matters of war and peace.
Oct 4, 2007 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn