War and Peace

Daniel Berrigan protesting bombing

‘Apologies, Good Friends, for the Fracture of Good Order’ ‘Apologies, Good Friends, for the Fracture of Good Order’

The Rev. Daniel Berrigan’s urgent, lasting campaign for peace.

May 3, 2016 / Jim O’Grady

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar

Did South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Really Just Endorse Trump? Did South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Really Just Endorse Trump?

No, but when a satirical newspaper reported that the cowboy hat–wearing president of South Sudan did, nearly everyone found it plausible.

May 3, 2016 / Nick Turse

Protesters for Berta Caceres

Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game Berta Cáceres’s Killers Are Getting Good at the PR Game

State terrorists in Honduras have learned that to be effective, they can’t just kill and torture. They also have to be able to tell good stories.

May 3, 2016 / Greg Grandin

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy Bernie Sanders Should Push for a New Realism in Foreign Policy

Sanders is helping to energize and educate a new generation coming into American politics—it is imperative that a real security agenda be part of that education.

May 3, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Daniel Berrigan Obituary

Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’ Father Daniel Berrigan Sought to ‘Build a World Uncursed by War, Starvation, and Exploitation’

The great champion of peace and justice, from Catonsville to Occupy, has died at age 94.

May 2, 2016 / John Nichols

Mount Olive Correctional Center

Prisons Are Using Military-Grade Tear Gas to Punish People Prisons Are Using Military-Grade Tear Gas to Punish People

A burgeoning arms industry brings the war home.

Apr 28, 2016 / Daniel Moattar

Donald Trump Speech

Trump Attempted a Foreign Policy Makeover Today. Did it Work? Trump Attempted a Foreign Policy Makeover Today. Did it Work?

Who’s advising this guy?

Apr 27, 2016 / James Carden

Guantánamo Protest

The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month

None of the allegations against Abu Zubaydeh turned out to be true. That didn’t stop the CIA from torturing him for years.

Apr 25, 2016 / Rebecca Gordon

National Bird

When Drone Operators Become Collateral Damage When Drone Operators Become Collateral Damage

In a new documentary, drone operators tell the truth about the job that’s destroying not just their targets but themselves.

Apr 21, 2016 / Pratap Chatterjee

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Letters From the May 9-16, 2016, Issue Letters From the May 9-16, 2016, Issue

Too much Trump!… Crime and collective punishment… Not-so-ancient history… Many bites of the Apple?…

Apr 21, 2016 / Our Readers

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