When It Comes to War, We’re Just Getting Started When It Comes to War, We’re Just Getting Started
The Global War on Terror has become the Pentagon’s greatest tool in waging endless military campaigns.
Apr 15, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt
An American Soldier’s Dissent An American Soldier’s Dissent
A veteran criticizes the US Army for racism, sexual violence, and a toxic culture that places “duty’” above ethics.
Apr 1, 2019 / Danny Sjursen
Why Are We Above International Law? Why Are We Above International Law?
The Trump administration’s rejection of the International Criminal Court is the latest example of America’s toxic exceptionalism.
Mar 26, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War
We need space for real dissent from the views of a foreign policy establishment that has so clearly failed us.
Mar 26, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court? Who’s Afraid of the International Criminal Court?
Mike Pompeo’s diplomatic sanctions against war-crimes investigators are consistent with Trump’s “America first” worldview.
Mar 21, 2019 / Nicholas Mulder
Death From Above: US Air Strikes in Somalia Could Constitute ‘War Crimes’ Death From Above: US Air Strikes in Somalia Could Constitute ‘War Crimes’
An Amnesty International report confirms that US strikes are killing civilians.
Mar 20, 2019 / Amanda Sperber
What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang? What’s Really Happening to Uighurs in Xinjiang?
China may have interned more than a million Uighurs in Xinjiang in an attempt to suppress their desire for greater autonomy.
Mar 19, 2019 / Rémi Castets
White Supremacy Is Bigger Than 8Chan White Supremacy Is Bigger Than 8Chan
Blaming the Internet alone for racist mass shootings is a naive delusion.
Mar 15, 2019 / Brendan O’Connor
Why Is It So Hard for Our President to Condemn White Supremacy and Islamophobia? Why Is It So Hard for Our President to Condemn White Supremacy and Islamophobia?
The horrific attack on mosques in New Zealand tells us, again, that racist hatred is a global terrorist threat. It must be identified as such, and robustly rejected.
Mar 15, 2019 / John Nichols
The Trump Administration Wants a War with Iran The Trump Administration Wants a War with Iran
Neoconservatives in Washington are ready to spark America’s next military disaster—one that may well be worse than the Iraq War.
Mar 11, 2019 / Bob Dreyfuss