It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
A new book reveals how the government struggled to sell the Rosenbergs’ murder to a skeptical world
Jun 1, 2016 / Miriam Schneir
Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off
In his new memoir, the former director of the NSA and the CIA shows how his many failures were followed, one after the next, by promotions.
Jun 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Bamford
Stalin Resurgent, Again Stalin Resurgent, Again
Russia has long been deeply divided over Stalin’s role in history, with pro-Stalin sentiments surging in times of domestic hardships or perceptions of foreign threats.
Jun 1, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen
The National-Security Exposé So Secret Even Edward Snowden Didn’t Know About It The National-Security Exposé So Secret Even Edward Snowden Didn’t Know About It
A former senior Pentagon official shows how broken our whistleblower system really is.
Jun 1, 2016 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
After 15 Years of ‘Milestones,’ War in the Middle East Still Has No End in Sight After 15 Years of ‘Milestones,’ War in the Middle East Still Has No End in Sight
The Pentagon’s recent “successes” don’t bring the United States any closer to ending its military entanglements.
May 31, 2016 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Obama’s Powerful Call to ‘Make War Less Likely and Cruelty Less Easily Accepted’ Obama’s Powerful Call to ‘Make War Less Likely and Cruelty Less Easily Accepted’
Speaking in Hiroshima, the president channels Eisenhower’s urging to take “the chance for a just peace for all peoples.”
May 27, 2016 / John Nichols
Confronting the Resource Curse and Civil War in the Congo Confronting the Resource Curse and Civil War in the Congo
The depictions of Congolese humanity and pain in When Elephants Fight, a new documentary, make it necessary viewing for Westerners.
May 27, 2016 / John Knefel
Still Selling Neoliberal Unicorns: The US Applauds the Coup in Brazil, Calls It Democracy Still Selling Neoliberal Unicorns: The US Applauds the Coup in Brazil, Calls It Democracy
Washington now has compliant compradores in power in Argentina and Brazil—and perhaps soon in Venezuela.
May 27, 2016 / Greg Grandin
The EU Has Turned Greece Into a Prison for Refugees The EU Has Turned Greece Into a Prison for Refugees
The grief, frustration, and need that have washed up on these shores is overwhelming.
May 27, 2016 / Feature / Maria Margaronis
Amnesty International Calls for an End to the ‘Nordic Model’ of Criminalizing Sex Workers Amnesty International Calls for an End to the ‘Nordic Model’ of Criminalizing Sex Workers
Amnesty International has called on Norway to end the criminalization of sex workers, in a report released this week.
May 26, 2016 / Melissa Gira Grant