Postcards From Cape Town Postcards From Cape Town
Traveling in South Africa, you learn that one great thing about the country is that no one engages in small talk.
Oct 27, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
WikiLeaks and War Spending WikiLeaks and War Spending
That big sucking sound you don't hear? That's the war—spending that's getting away with murder.
Oct 27, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Woman to Woman in Afghanistan Woman to Woman in Afghanistan
Female Engagement Teams join the counterinsurgency.
Killing Reconciliation Killing Reconciliation
How brutal raids are sabotaging the political strategy the US claims to support in Afghanistan.
Oct 27, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Judging the War Crimes Tribunal Judging the War Crimes Tribunal
The International Criminal Court has had setbacks—but it's already having an impact.
Oct 27, 2010 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Afghanistan: Are We Succeeding or Not? Does It Matter? Afghanistan: Are We Succeeding or Not? Does It Matter?
The military and the intelligence agencies are putting out contradictory reports about whether the surge in Afghanistan is working, or not? In the end, Obama can choose to get...
Oct 27, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The High Price of Patriotism The High Price of Patriotism
It’s over for the US in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop. Quagmires don’t just go away.
Oct 27, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents
Documents recently released by WikiLeaks confirm that the Pentagon knew about the real civilian death toll in Iraq, and that security forces were torturing detainees.
Oct 26, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents Jeremy Scahill: Inside the WikiLeaks Torture Documents
Documents recently released by WikiLeaks confirm that the Pentagon knew about the real civilian death toll in Iraq, and that security forces were torturing detainees.
Tip Sheet for the Global Midterms Tip Sheet for the Global Midterms
Prospective winners (drone makers) and losers (Iraqis, Afghans and Americans) in the "War on Terror."
Oct 26, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt