War and Peace

Trump and Putin at G20

Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy Anti-Trump Frenzy Threatens to End Superpower Diplomacy

Baseless Russiagate allegations continue to risk war with Russia.

Jan 16, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

Uighur ethnic cleansing in China

How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China How the Left Should Respond to Ethnic Cleansing in China

A million Uighurs are being held in concentration camps in Xinjiang. What can the US do?

Jan 15, 2019 / Daniel Bessner and Isaac Stone Fish

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Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue

Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…

Jan 10, 2019 / Our Readers and Ben Ehrenreich

Eyewitness to the German Revolution

Eyewitness to the German Revolution Eyewitness to the German Revolution

Victor Klemperer’s dispatches from interwar Germany.

Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared?

Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared? Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared?

Thousands are missing in the country’s drug war—many of them seized by government security forces.

Jan 10, 2019 / Feature / Dawn Paley

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It’s Accountability Time for the Orange Menace It’s Accountability Time for the Orange Menace

Trump’s ablest critics are positioned to issue subpoenas, compel key administration figures to face questioning, and expose failed policies and egregious conflicts of interest.

Jan 9, 2019 / John Nichols

us flag vehicle syria

What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals What Trump’s Syrian Withdrawal Really Reveals

A wise decision is greeted by denunciations, obstructionism, imperial thinking, and more Russia-bashing.

Jan 9, 2019 / Stephen F. Cohen

US special forces group conducting weapons training

The Pentagon’s Shadow Military Bases The Pentagon’s Shadow Military Bases

Many well-known and secretive bases have long been left off the Defense Department’s books.

Jan 9, 2019 / Nick Turse

A young man removes rubble in Syria

US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction US Policy Is Causing the Next Mass Extinction

Washington’s wars have unsettled the planet in much the same way a giant asteroid did 66 million years ago.

Jan 7, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

Catarina Alonzo, mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Now two Guatemalan children have died under Border Patrol custody. But the agency’s role in Latin American oppression has a long history.

Jan 3, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

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