ISIS’s Days in Syria Are Numbered, but Does Trump Have More Wars to Fight There? ISIS’s Days in Syria Are Numbered, but Does Trump Have More Wars to Fight There?
Both Damascus and Ankara are afraid Washington may establish a long-term military base in the Syrian Kurdish northeast.
Aug 3, 2017 / Juan Cole
Surviving the Trump Years: Katha Pollitt’s Guide for the Anxious and the Depressed Surviving the Trump Years: Katha Pollitt’s Guide for the Anxious and the Depressed
Plus John Nichols on Medicare-for-All and Rosa Brooks on the generals.
Aug 3, 2017 / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
This Is All Very, Very, Very Normal This Is All Very, Very, Very Normal
An oh-so-normal week in Washington, in review.
Aug 1, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown
Undermining confidence and alienating allies, Trump has already undone years of American diplomacy.
Jul 17, 2017 / Alfred W. McCoy
Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan
Blackwater’s Erik Prince was a shoo-in for the plan. But who is Stephen Feinberg?
Jul 14, 2017 / Tim Shorrock
Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House
It’s time to stop hiding from the crises we’ve created.
Jul 13, 2017 / William J. Astore
New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016 New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016
He promised to put this forgotten part of America first—but he’s done little so far.
Jul 13, 2017 / James Carden
The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests
We may not like it, but nuclear weapons may be all that stands in the way of another US-conducted “regime change.”
Jul 6, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence
There’s Only One Way to End the War in Afghanistan There’s Only One Way to End the War in Afghanistan
And the surge Donald Trump is poised to authorize is not it.
Jul 6, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage
16 Years Ago, Barbara Lee’s Warning Against the AUMF Was Ignored. Nevertheless, She Persisted. 16 Years Ago, Barbara Lee’s Warning Against the AUMF Was Ignored. Nevertheless, She Persisted.
Congress is finally taking steps to repeal a blank check for war.
Jun 30, 2017 / John Nichols