War and Peace

Marine walks in Afghanistan

We Are All Paying the Price for America’s Reckless War Spending We Are All Paying the Price for America’s Reckless War Spending

Deficit spending abroad is driving inequality at home.

Jun 28, 2018 / Stephanie Savell

Trump Putin G20

Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?

If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.

Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Immigrant children separated

Trump’s Border: Gitmo for Kids Trump’s Border: Gitmo for Kids

The Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility set the stage structurally, institutionally, and legally for what we’ve just witnessed at the border.

Jun 26, 2018 / Karen J. Greenberg

Snapshots of Our Bloated Military Budget

Snapshots of Our Bloated Military Budget Snapshots of Our Bloated Military Budget

The Pentagon has seriously misplaced priorities.

Jun 22, 2018 / Feature / Lindsay Koshgarian

It’s Time for the United States to Adopt a New Humanitarian Grand Strategy

It’s Time for the United States to Adopt a New Humanitarian Grand Strategy It’s Time for the United States to Adopt a New Humanitarian Grand Strategy

Rather than continue along our current path of retreat, the country must dedicate itself to responding to—and preventing—global crises.

Jun 22, 2018 / Feature / Madeline Rose

Nuclear Weapons Pose the Ultimate Threat to Mankind

Nuclear Weapons Pose the Ultimate Threat to Mankind Nuclear Weapons Pose the Ultimate Threat to Mankind

A growing number of movements are dedicated to making sure they’re banned.

Jun 21, 2018 / Feature / Betsy Taylor

Black Butte Coal Mine

Catastrophic Climate Change Is Not an ‘Environmental’ Issue: Bill McKibben Catastrophic Climate Change Is Not an ‘Environmental’ Issue: Bill McKibben

Plus Andrew Bacevich on our endless wars and Robert Edelman on the World Cup.

Jun 21, 2018 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener

Americans Are Sick of Endless War

Americans Are Sick of Endless War Americans Are Sick of Endless War

With years of foreign-policy failures, why has so little changed?

Jun 21, 2018 / Feature / Stephen Miles

Red Square in Moscow

Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence

The unprecedented allegation that the Kremlin “attacked America” and “colluded” with its president in order to elect him is based on two documents devoid of facts or logic.

Jun 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Duque-Uribe

Once Again, the Right Wing Wins in Colombia, Amid Divisions on the Left Once Again, the Right Wing Wins in Colombia, Amid Divisions on the Left

But Gustavo Petro’s presidential candidacy was the most successful leftist campaign in modern Colombian history, after decades of isolation and political assassinations.

Jun 20, 2018 / Miguel Salazar

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