Conspiracy Theories Are Not Entertainment Conspiracy Theories Are Not Entertainment
New York’s art world explores the paranoia haunting American politics.
Oct 31, 2018 / Zachary Small
17 Years after September 11, Will We Learn to Love Our Enemies? 17 Years after September 11, Will We Learn to Love Our Enemies?
The unrelenting mentality of entrenched conflict against a permanent enemy has infected American domestic life, creating a bitter political and cultural divide.
Sep 11, 2018 / Steven Paulikas
Remembering Kofi Annan Remembering Kofi Annan
He consistently expressed a powerful concern for poverty and human rights—but he often succumbed to US power and domination.
Aug 21, 2018 / Phyllis Bennis
Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine Donald Trump’s Flight 93 Doctrine
This might be the most self-defeating approach ever adopted by a modern American president.
Jul 23, 2018 / John Feffer
How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution How Government Secrecy on Torture Has Stymied the 9/11 Terror Prosecution
This case is the last front in the long-running battle over the Bush-era torture regime.
Jul 19, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar
Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia? Why Are US Colleges Collaborating With Saudi Arabia?
Harvard, Georgetown, Yale Law School, UNH—all have taken money from the Saudi government or businessmen allied with it.
Mar 20, 2018 / Stanley Heller
Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA Why Gina Haspel, the Queen of Torture, Was Able to Rise to the Top of the CIA
Obama’s decision not to pursue accountability has given Bush administration criminals golden-shield powers.
Mar 16, 2018 / Lisa Hajjar
What It’s Like to Teach a Class That Doesn’t Remember 9/11 What It’s Like to Teach a Class That Doesn’t Remember 9/11
Many of my students have lived their entire lives in a country at war.
Feb 22, 2018 / Rebecca Gordon
What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11? What if This Had Happened on the Day After 9/11?
Things could have gone very, very differently.
Nov 27, 2017 / Danny Sjursen
Osama bin Laden’s Plan Worked Osama bin Laden’s Plan Worked
He got exactly what he wanted: endless US wars in the Muslim world.
Oct 31, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt