Workers Are Getting Paid to Do Nothing at Los Alamos National Laboratory Workers Are Getting Paid to Do Nothing at Los Alamos National Laboratory
The nuclear weapons complex is so mismanaged that employees are collecting full salaries to play chess and catnap.
Nov 9, 2023 / Feature / Alicia Inez Guzmán
Why Israel Slept Why Israel Slept
The long catalogue of intelligence failures that allowed Hamas to stage its brutal surprise attack on October 7 begins at The Venetian, Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas resort.
Nov 2, 2023 / James Bamford
Disinformation and Deception in Tehran and Washington Disinformation and Deception in Tehran and Washington
A series of articles allege that some high-profile Western analysts and aides are working for the Iranian government. Are they spies? Or is someone trying to sabotage their work?
Oct 19, 2023 / Nicolas Niarchos
The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile The American Ambassador Who Helped Stop a Coup in Chile
Everyone knows how Nixon and Kissinger paved Pinochet’s path to power. The story of Harry Barnes, who played a crucial role in the Chilean dictator’s exit, is much less well known...
Oct 5, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
September 11, 1973, Was a Warning: Democracy Can Die in a Day September 11, 1973, Was a Warning: Democracy Can Die in a Day
Fifty years ago, the US exported a cult of revanchist violence to Chile. Now it has made its return.
Sep 11, 2023 / Dave Zirin
Exclusive: With My Father, Salvador Allende, in His Final Hours Exclusive: With My Father, Salvador Allende, in His Final Hours
An excerpt from 11 de Septiembre: Esa semana (11th of September: That Week)
Sep 11, 2023 / Isabel Allende Bussi
Henry Kissinger’s Malevolent Influence Will Be With Us Long After He’s Gone Henry Kissinger’s Malevolent Influence Will Be With Us Long After He’s Gone
Kissinger’s brand of realpolitik was delusional, amoral, and ruthless—and it persists today.
Sep 6, 2023 / Rebecca Gordon
The Senator Who Took On the CIA The Senator Who Took On the CIA
Frank Church and the committee that investigated the US intelligence agencies.
Sep 5, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Adam Hochschild
Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide Chile: The Secrets the US Government Continues to Hide
Fifty years after the military coup that brought down Salvador Allende and installed the Pinochet dicatorship, there are still top secret documents on the US role that must be dec...
Aug 31, 2023 / Peter Kornbluh
What the Failed Wagner Mutiny Means for Africa What the Failed Wagner Mutiny Means for Africa
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mercenary army might have been disbanded in Russia, but in Africa—where the group props up dictators, extracts mineral wealth, and siphons off billions from leg...
Jul 12, 2023 / Nicolas Niarchos