War and Peace

Pakistan’s Challenge

Pakistan’s Challenge Pakistan’s Challenge

America's Pakistan problem is getting worse, not better, on President Obama's watch.

May 13, 2010 / Editorial / Mosharraf Zaidi

Glenn Beck, America’s Historian Laureate Glenn Beck, America’s Historian Laureate

The Tea Party’s guide to American exceptionalism: It is all about race.

May 13, 2010 / Greg Grandin

Obama Tries to Strongarm Karzai Obama Tries to Strongarm Karzai

The American policy in Afghanistan is not to negotiate a political deal, but to shoot first and ask questions later. Will President Karzai go along with that strategy? We'll k...

May 13, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Aiding the Insurgency

Aiding the Insurgency Aiding the Insurgency

A celebrated US program designed to employ Iraqis is called a “sham” that fed the resistance.

May 12, 2010 / Feature / Luke Mogelson

Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable” Obama on Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan: “I Am Accountable”

The president made the statement during a press conference with Hamid Karzai. But is it true?

May 12, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill

Did Kagan Discriminate Against the Military? No! Did Kagan Discriminate Against the Military? No!

Melissa Harris-Lacewell explains why Elena Kagan’s decision to deny military recruiters equal access to Harvard Law School was the right one.

May 12, 2010 / Nation in the News / Melissa Harris-Perry

Kagan Discriminated Against the Military? Kagan Discriminated Against the Military?

Melissa Harris-Lacewell explains why Elena Kagan’s decision to deny military recruiters equal access to Harvard Law School was the right one.

May 12, 2010 / Video / MSNBC

Pakistan’s Two Air Wars

Pakistan’s Two Air Wars Pakistan’s Two Air Wars

US drones bomb Pakistan regularly. Now, Washington is about to deliver twenty F-16s and surveillance planes to Islamabad along with a thousand 500-pound bombs.

May 12, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill

Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan Georgetown Professor: ‘Drones Are Not Killing Innocent Civilians’ in Pakistan

Christine Fair dismissed reports of civilians deaths as propaganda from Pakistani media sources.

May 10, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill

Interview: Disposable Soldiers

Interview: Disposable Soldiers Interview: Disposable Soldiers

BBC & PRI's "The World" interviews reporter Joshua Kors about the deliberate misdiagnosis of returning veterans. 

May 10, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

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