Massacre and Reprisal in a Shattered Iraq Massacre and Reprisal in a Shattered Iraq
The refugee crisis is growing as civilians flee a war that is drawing ethnic and religious borders in blood.
May 29, 2015 / Jesse Rosenfeld
Ukraine’s ‘Full-Fledged Economic Meltdown’ Ukraine’s ‘Full-Fledged Economic Meltdown’
Obstacles to détente in the Ukraine crisis and predictions for the country's uncertain economic future.
May 28, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
America’s Days as a Global Superpower Are Numbered. Now What? America’s Days as a Global Superpower Are Numbered. Now What?
The first step is to accept the fact that American power is limited and global rule is an impossible fantasy.
May 28, 2015 / Michael T. Klare
How Private Contractors Have Created a Shadow NSA How Private Contractors Have Created a Shadow NSA
A new cybersecurity elite moves between government and private practice, taking state secrets with them.
May 27, 2015 / Feature / Tim Shorrock
What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq What We Really Learned From Jeb Bush’s Tongue-Tied Response to Questions About Iraq
The mainstream media are unwilling to hold the architects of the war accountable.
May 27, 2015 / Column / Eric Alterman
Don’t Blame Bush and Cheney… Blame the Intelligence! Don’t Blame Bush and Cheney… Blame the Intelligence!
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May 26, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Here Are the Navy’s Plans to Bomb the Arctic Here Are the Navy’s Plans to Bomb the Arctic
The waters of the Gulf of Alaska are some of the most pristine in the world. That will change next month.
May 21, 2015 / Dahr Jamail
Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously Why We Need to Take Sy Hersh’s bin Laden Bombshell Seriously
The dean of American investigative journalism knows a thing or two about how to vet sources and separate fact from fiction.
May 20, 2015 / Bob Dreyfuss
I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free? I Went to Prison for Exposing the CIA’s Torture Program. Why Are the People Responsible for It Walking Free?
There’s still time for President Obama to order the Justice Department to prosecute the perpetrators.
May 20, 2015 / John Kiriakou and Foreign Policy In Focus
Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh’s Thinly Sourced Claims Lessons From the Thinnest of Seymour Hersh’s Thinly Sourced Claims
The veteran journalist tracked down the one man who could link the Nixon White House to the illegal bombing of Cambodia.
May 20, 2015 / Greg Grandin