Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying. Pentagon Officials Are Promising to Spend Money More Efficiently. They’re Lying.
We can’t expect the Pentagon to serve taxpayers first unless long-standing ties to private defense contractors are undone.
Sep 26, 2019 / William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump The Republican Party Is Going Down With Trump
The president has so thoroughly annexed the GOP that it’s going to be hard for its leaders to cut their losses—even as he flails.
Sep 26, 2019 / Hard Paywall / Joan Walsh
The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants The Tragic Logic of the Attacks on the Saudi Oil Plants
The strikes did not claim any human victims, they claimed oil, millions and millions of barrels of it—which is precisely why it may lead to war.
Sep 26, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich
43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years. 43 Hearts. Ayotzinapa Disappearances, 5 Years.
September 26 marks the fifth anniversary of the abduction and disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Teachers College by government forces in Guerrero, Mexico. There are ...
Sep 26, 2019 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo
Trump’s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk Trump’s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk
Legal scholar Richard Falk on Iran, Saudi Arabia, and American interests abroad.
Sep 25, 2019 / Daniel Falcone
The Full Scope of Ukraine’s Impact on the 2016 Election Has Yet to Be Examined The Full Scope of Ukraine’s Impact on the 2016 Election Has Yet to Be Examined
Vulnerabilities in US election security need attention, and Ukraine’s 2016 impact could be instructive.
Sep 24, 2019 / Lev Golinkin
The US Is Wrapping Its Border Wall Around the World The US Is Wrapping Its Border Wall Around the World
From Jordan to the Philippines, countries across the world are following America’s lead and militarizing their borders.
Sep 24, 2019 / Todd Miller
Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump Biden Might Not Be the One to Beat Trump
As Democratic voters look closer, it’s hard to see Biden as an agent of change.
Sep 24, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Military Service in the Era of Eternal War Military Service in the Era of Eternal War
An army veteran recounts the exasperation and disillusionment experienced while serving in America’s forever wars.
Sep 24, 2019 / Danny Sjursen
‘The Graveyard of Migrants’: Traveling Through the Most Dangerous Jungle in the World ‘The Graveyard of Migrants’: Traveling Through the Most Dangerous Jungle in the World
After surviving the Darien Gap, refugees describe their detainment in Mexico as the “real hell.”
Sep 24, 2019 / Arvind Dilawar