How the Left Failed France’s Muslims How the Left Failed France’s Muslims
When the left abdicated its outreach to marginalized communities, the Islamists moved in.
Feb 6, 2015 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
Was the Saudi Government Complicit in the 9/11 Attacks? Was the Saudi Government Complicit in the 9/11 Attacks?
No—Zacarias Moussaoui’s spectacular claims are nonsense. But both the Saudi and US governments did create the monster that became Al Qaeda.
Feb 6, 2015 / Juan Cole
Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’ Why Geoengineering Is ‘Untested and Untestable’
An opinion piece in Nature calling for geoengineering tests fails to mention the most significant problem with these experiments.
Feb 6, 2015 / Naomi Klein
Netanyahu: Remorseless Warmongers Make the Best Bibi-Sitters Netanyahu: Remorseless Warmongers Make the Best Bibi-Sitters
Don’t fall for Bibi’s bid to repackage himself as a kindly mensch.
Feb 6, 2015 / Leslie Savan
If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point If You’re Afraid of ‘Lone Wolf’ Terrorism, You’re Missing the Point
There’s only one problem with the rising crescendo of alarm about lone wolves: most of it simply isn’t true.
Feb 5, 2015 / Matthew Harwood
How Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Distorts History How Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Distorts History
This Oscar-nominated doc is all about well-meaning Americans—with nothing about the indiscriminate US firepower that destroyed much of the country.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
Defense Secretary Nominee Offers Promises, but No Plan, to Tackle Sexual Assault in the Military Defense Secretary Nominee Offers Promises, but No Plan, to Tackle Sexual Assault in the Military
Ashton Carter offered the Senate Armed Services Committee few specifics on how his pledge would lead to success when so many others have failed.
Feb 4, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Why Did It Take 10 Years to Publish the Diary of a Guantánamo Detainee? Why Did It Take 10 Years to Publish the Diary of a Guantánamo Detainee?
An interview with Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s attorney and his editor.
Feb 4, 2015 / Jon Wiener
Why I Heart King Abdullah Why I Heart King Abdullah
He was an old-school monarch who made America feel good about itself again.
Feb 4, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Afghanistan War Is Still Raging—but This Time It’s Being Waged by Contractors The Afghanistan War Is Still Raging—but This Time It’s Being Waged by Contractors
The mission isn't “over”… it’s just been reassigned.
Feb 4, 2015 / Tim Shorrock