Putting Stories Into the World Putting Stories Into the World
Nathan Englander’s play, The Twenty-Seventh Man, focuses on the moment that Yiddish culture in Russia died a sudden and unnatural death.
Jan 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Blowback in the Pacific Blowback in the Pacific
The US military’s “Pacific Pivot” is raising tensions with China and prompting local resistance.
Dec 31, 2012 / Feature / Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander
Newtown, Afghanistan Newtown, Afghanistan
Isn't a slaughtered child is a slaughtered child, regardless of where they come from?
Dec 24, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying? Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying?
When The New York Times first revealed the NSA was wiretapping Americans without a warrant in 2005, it was a scandal. But the government continues to spy with impunity—and wh...
Dec 19, 2012 / Editorial / Marcy Wheeler
Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley
How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Our National Torture Policy Our National Torture Policy
As Zero Dark Thirty reminds us, Americans have yet to face the torture committed on our behalf.
Dec 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Van Buren
The Visible Government The Visible Government
How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows.
Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
On the Front Lines of a New Pacific War On the Front Lines of a New Pacific War
The US military’s aggressive Asia-Pacific strategy is escalating tensions with China and prompting local resistance throughout the region.
Dec 14, 2012 / Koohan Paik and Jerry Mander
With the War in Afghanistan Ending, Where Does the Peace Movement Go Next? With the War in Afghanistan Ending, Where Does the Peace Movement Go Next?
Peace forces could join with labor, civil rights and environmental coalitions to pressure Obama to “do some nation-building here at home.”
Dec 14, 2012 / Tom Hayden
The True Costs of Empire The True Costs of Empire
Why are US taxpayers still forced to pay billions of dollars for US military bases?
Dec 11, 2012 / David Vine