$1 Trillion and Counting… $1 Trillion and Counting…
The $1 trillion we have spent on war since 9/11 has placed enormous stress on our recession-struck economy.
May 22, 2009 / Feature / Jo Comerford
Pakistan’s Missing Peace Pakistan’s Missing Peace
There's a hole in the heart of our Af-Pak policy. It's called peace between Pakistan and India. And no amount of aid will fill it.
May 20, 2009 / Editorial / Graham Usher
London Falling London Falling
New Labour is finished. What replaces it will certainly be worse.
May 20, 2009 / Beneath the Radar / Gary Younge
KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers
Former Halliburton subsidy KBR was paid $83 million in bonuses for work that electrocuted US soldiers, former employees testified today.
May 20, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Did McChrystal Violate Geneva Conventions? Did McChrystal Violate Geneva Conventions?
Obama's pick to be the top US commander in Afghanistan directed a screening center in Iraq in 2003 that held terror suspects in secret facilities to which the Red Cross did not hav...
May 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Trials of Ehren Watada The Trials of Ehren Watada
The government drops efforts to prosecute an officer who refused to fight in Iraq. But the Army continues its campaign against him.
May 19, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
What Was I Fighting For? What Was I Fighting For?
I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan. We need a clear mission, an exit strategy and a commitment to diplomacy.
May 18, 2009 / Editorial / Rick Reyes
In India Election, Moderation Rules In India Election, Moderation Rules
Defying expectations and boosting hopes for stability, Indian voters rejected extremism and caste divisions, to give a decisive victory to Congress Party moderates.
May 17, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Guatemala’s Dirty War Guatemala’s Dirty War
Millions of recently declassified police documents detail a thirty-six-year reign of state terror.
May 15, 2009 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky and Kelly Lee
McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight
His new role can only mean an intensified campaign of secret--and dirty--warfare in the remote villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
May 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden