War and Peace

Bombed Greenwich Village Building

Ignorant Good Will Ignorant Good Will

How an excesses of idealism and the embrace of violence destroyed the American left in the 1970s.

Jun 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein

US Navy aircraft carrier

The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo

One US military base, decades of lies, and a crime that has never been faced or righted.

Jun 15, 2015 / David Vine

Why Is Washington Still Pushing for War With Russia?

Why Is Washington Still Pushing for War With Russia? Why Is Washington Still Pushing for War With Russia?

Despite today’s vote in the House to bar US funding to a neo-Nazi Ukrainian militia, the ‘war party’ continues to rattle its sabers over Ukraine.

Jun 11, 2015 / James Carden

‘They Demolish and We Rebuild’

‘They Demolish and We Rebuild’ ‘They Demolish and We Rebuild’

A Palestinian family’s struggle to survive under threat of imminent expulsion.

Jun 11, 2015 / Jen Marlowe

One Year After the Fall of Mosul, Is Iraq Winning the War Against ISIS?

One Year After the Fall of Mosul, Is Iraq Winning the War Against ISIS? One Year After the Fall of Mosul, Is Iraq Winning the War Against ISIS?

While the US and Iraqi response is in disarray, the Islamic State is containable.

Jun 11, 2015 / Juan Cole

Pakistan’s Neocolonial War

Pakistan’s Neocolonial War Pakistan’s Neocolonial War

The Pashtuns of the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are trapped between a brutal Taliban insurgency and a Pakistani government that treats them like colonial subjects.

Jun 11, 2015 / Maham Javaid

Will the 21st Century Pit Washington Against China?

Will the 21st Century Pit Washington Against China? Will the 21st Century Pit Washington Against China?

The drawbacks of Washington’s grand strategy for global dominion.

Jun 8, 2015 / Alfred McCoy

It’s Time for the US to Support Democracy, Not Dictatorship, in Egypt

It’s Time for the US to Support Democracy, Not Dictatorship, in Egypt It’s Time for the US to Support Democracy, Not Dictatorship, in Egypt

By supporting Sisi’s iron-fisted regime, Obama is playing into the hands of ISIS and Al Qaeda.

Jun 5, 2015 / Rula Jebreal

How Obama Went From Being a Peace Candidate to a War President

How Obama Went From Being a Peace Candidate to a War President How Obama Went From Being a Peace Candidate to a War President

Critics call him timid, but the president’s foreign policy has often been too aggressive—even at the risk of our long-term national interests.

Jun 2, 2015 / Feature / Sherle R. Schwenninger

The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It

The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It The Secret Origins of the CIA’s Torture Program and the Forgotten Man Who Tried to Expose It

Anthony Russo, the “other conspirator” of the Pentagon Papers, shouldn't be left in history’s trash bin. 

Jun 1, 2015 / Barbara Myers

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