US Military

Sanders War Powers Hearing

Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control Congress Takes a Critical Step Toward Reasserting Its War-Powers Control

A Senate resolution to end US support for Saudi-led conflict in Yemen shows that the politics of war are finally evolving.

Dec 4, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Diego Garcia Island

Chagos Islanders Want to Go Home Chagos Islanders Want to Go Home

When the United States built a military base on Diego Garcia, its inhabitants were forced out. Will the International Court of Justice rule on their return?

Dec 3, 2018 / Abdelwahab Biad and Elsa Edynak

Yemen Bombed Buildings

Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds Yemen’s Human-Rights Defenders Are Fighting Increasingly Desperate Odds

“This war will never stop until the international community decides to take action.”

Nov 28, 2018 / Sarah Aziza

Yemen child arm measurement

Bernie Sanders Wants the Senate to End ‘Unauthorized and Unconstitutional’ US Aid to the Saudi Assault on Yemen Bernie Sanders Wants the Senate to End ‘Unauthorized and Unconstitutional’ US Aid to the Saudi Assault on Yemen

He has secured critical backing for a vote to block US support for attacks that are worsening a humanitarian crisis.

Nov 27, 2018 / John Nichols

America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion

America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion

Not to mention 240,000 civilian deaths and 21 million displaced. And yet a congressional commission is urging yet more money for a bloated Pentagon.

Nov 21, 2018 / William D. Hartung

US military in Qamishli, Syria

The United States Is Militarizing the Globe The United States Is Militarizing the Globe

Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the US military prepares for worldwide combat.

Nov 21, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

NYT Headquarters

How ‘The New York Times’ Deceived the Public on North Korea How ‘The New York Times’ Deceived the Public on North Korea

Stretching the findings of a think-tank report on Pyongyang’s missile bases is a reminder of the paper’s role in the lead-up to the Iraq War.

Nov 16, 2018 / Tim Shorrock

paul ryan finger wag

Ryan’s Republicans Are Abdicating Their Moral and Constitutional Duty on Yemen Ryan’s Republicans Are Abdicating Their Moral and Constitutional Duty on Yemen

Republicans just blocked Ro Khanna’s proposal to end all US military aid to the Saudi-led coalition that is attacking Yemen.

Nov 15, 2018 / John Nichols

Central Park Nuclear Protest

The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It. The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It.

In the 1980s, millions of antinuclear activists took to the streets, forcing Western governments to respond to our demands. We can do the same now.

Nov 14, 2018 / David Cortright

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own

Afghanistan is 7,000 miles away, but there are moments when it feels like I never left.

Nov 13, 2018 / Rory Fanning

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