War and Peace

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration High-Tech Militarists Are Hijacking the Trump Administration

Breathtaking conflicts of interest are lining oligarchs’ pockets with our tax dollars.

Jan 22, 2025 / William D. Hartung

Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Free Ismail Lghazaoui! Free Ismail Lghazaoui!

Morocco sentenced the Palestine solidarity activist to prison just for protesting. But the trail of his persecution runs from Israel across the Atlantic to New Jersey and Texas.

Jan 22, 2025 / Nasreen Abd Elal and Rayan El Amine

Former president Donald Trump holding a microphone in front of a crowd.

Trump’s Military Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen Trump’s Military Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen

Fighting endless wars in distant lands is not the solution here. It’s the problem.

Jan 21, 2025 / William Astore

President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office during the 60th Presidential Inauguration, in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025.

Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant Trump’s Supposed Unity Message Is a Gloating Threat of MAGA Triumphant

The new president uses shock and awe to claim a mandate over demoralized Democrats.

Jan 20, 2025 / Jeet Heer

How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency

How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency How Biden’s Foreign Policy Destroyed His Presidency

Biden's domestic agenda was the most progressive of any president since Lyndon Johnson. But it was entwined with a foreign policy that leaves his legacy drowned in blood.

Jan 17, 2025 / Feature / Jeet Heer

A child recovers books from the rubble of a building hit in Israeli strikes the previous night in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on January 16, 2025.

A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine A Ceasefire Won’t Stop the War on Palestine

The agreement may reduce the intensity of Israel’s killing spree, but it is likely to usher in a grueling new phase of ethnic cleansing, with Trump’s full support.

Jan 16, 2025 / Tariq Kenney-Shawa

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow on December 19, 2024.

Needed: A Sober Assessment of Putin’s Russia to Help End the War Needed: A Sober Assessment of Putin’s Russia to Help End the War

Putin’s ultimate goal isn’t recreating empire or seeking war with NATO—it’s staying in power.

Jan 16, 2025 / Stephen Crowley

The Brown Berets, who newly declassified documents reveal were the target of illegal CIA surveillance in the 1960s and ’70s, are still active, as seen here in this 2017 protest against white supremacist activists in San Diego. What we don’t know is whether the CIA has ever really backed off.

The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades The CIA Illegally Spied on Puerto Rican and Mexican American Activists for Decades

And is probably still at it. As newly released classified documents confirm activists’ long-held suspicions, the disclosures should also alert us to current dangers.

Jan 16, 2025 / Roberto Lovato

A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator wearing a face mask of President Joe Biden and holding a sign with “Two-Faced Genocide Joe” written on it as he joins in a demonstration in front of the Washington Hilton. Pro-Palestinian protestors demonstrate outside the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton .

How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide

The international laws against genocide were deliberately crafted to prevent the US from being held accountable for its crimes against Black and Indigenous people.

Jan 16, 2025 / Anthony Conwright

People celebrate while watching a television along a street in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 15, 2025.

We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isn’t the End We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isn’t the End

World / January 15, 2025 We Have a Ceasefire Deal, but This Isn’t the End The widely reported agreement must hold. We haven’t begun to understand the full scope of the horrors…

Jan 15, 2025 / Mohammad Alsaafin

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