War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point War on Terror Brain Rot Brought Us to This Point
After years of security theater, all too many Americans seem ready to accept Trump’s pledge to root out the vermin.
May 2, 2025 / Rebecca Gordon
Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover Syria’s New Rulers Get a Makeover
The country’s new leader, Ahmed al-Shara, has donned a suit, trimmed his beard, and dropped his nom de guerre. But Syrians are still afraid.
Apr 7, 2025 / Charles Glass
Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror Trump Is Exploiting the Paranoid Fantasies that Drove the War on Terror
The antidemocratic policies put in place after 9/11 have come home to roost.
Apr 1, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump
The detention and attempted deportation of Khalil is a test by Trump to see how far he can go—and a test for us to see how hard we will fight back.
Mar 11, 2025 / Laura Jedeed
Democrats May Denounce Trump, but Their Militarism Paved His Way Democrats May Denounce Trump, but Their Militarism Paved His Way
Democrats in Congress have long denounced Trump as an enemy of democracy, but they haven’t put any sort of brake on American militarism.
Mar 10, 2025 / Norman Solomon
What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump What the Neocons Do—and Don’t—Explain About Trump
The president’s foreign policy agenda remains unpredictable, but his war on liberal culture has deep roots.
Feb 4, 2025 / David Klion
Senate Democrats Are Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons Senate Democrats Are Attacking Tulsi Gabbard for the Wrong Reasons
Preferring to defend spy agencies and line up behind the hawkish consensus, the bipartisan elite ignores the director of national intelligence nominee’s rampant Islamophobia.
Jan 31, 2025 / Jeet Heer
The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump The Uncertain Fate of Guantánamo Under Trump
More than 23 years after the 9/11 attacks, here we are in the very same place we’ve been for endless years—on pause.
Jan 29, 2025 / Karen J. Greenberg
Trump’s Military Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen Trump’s Military Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Fighting endless wars in distant lands is not the solution here. It’s the problem.
Jan 21, 2025 / William Astore
Sednaya Prison and the CIA Sednaya Prison and the CIA
Coverage of Syria’s prisons overlooks their decades-long use as key destinations for extraordinary rendition, where terror suspects were sent for brutal interrogations.
Jan 7, 2025 / Barbara Koeppel