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
How Do You Win a Failed War? Rewrite the Ending. How Do You Win a Failed War? Rewrite the Ending.
The Vietnam War was indisputably an American-grown disaster. But why let truth stand in the way of glory?
Apr 27, 2015 / Christian Appy
Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory
On the war’s 50th anniversary, peace activists will be challenging the Pentagon’s whitewashed history.
Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener
How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey How Drones Turned American Wars Into Manhunts and Humans Into Prey
The remote-controlled hunting of human beings has become standard practice in American warfare.
Apr 7, 2015 / Grégoire Chamayou
US Soldiers and Contractors Accused of Sexually Abusing Children in Colombia Between 2003 and 2007 US Soldiers and Contractors Accused of Sexually Abusing Children in Colombia Between 2003 and 2007
What the media don’t cover when Colombian women are raped by members of the US military.
Apr 7, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin
How to Create an Afghan Blackwater How to Create an Afghan Blackwater
How an American fantasy conflict created disaster in Afghanistan.
Apr 6, 2015 / Anand Gopal
Blackwater: One of the Pentagon’s Top Contractors for Afghanistan Training Blackwater: One of the Pentagon’s Top Contractors for Afghanistan Training
A Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction report reveals the major recipients of DoD's Afghanistan reconstruction programs.
Mar 31, 2015 / Blog / Tim Shorrock
Will the United States Become a Footnote in Afghanistan’s History? Will the United States Become a Footnote in Afghanistan’s History?
In the new politics of Afghanistan, the Obama administration finds itself being reduced to the status of bystander.
Mar 31, 2015 / Dilip Hiro
Can the United States Own Up to Its War Crimes During the Korean War? Can the United States Own Up to Its War Crimes During the Korean War?
An American journalist uncovers some ugly truths about the “forgotten war.”
Mar 30, 2015 / Blog / Tim Shorrock