Cuba and the United States Play ‘Béisbol’ Diplomacy Cuba and the United States Play ‘Béisbol’ Diplomacy
As Obama prepares for the first visit to the island by a US president in 88 years, the two nations reconnect through a shared pastime.
Mar 10, 2016 / Peter Kornbluh
How Much Did the US Know About the Kidnapping, Torture, and Murder of Over 20,000 People in Argentina? How Much Did the US Know About the Kidnapping, Torture, and Murder of Over 20,000 People in Argentina?
Now, President Obama has the chance to apologize for American complicity in the dirty war.
Mar 4, 2016 / Martin Edwin Andersen
Who Will You Vote for as Drone Commander in Chief? Who Will You Vote for as Drone Commander in Chief?
Every major candidate from both parties has plans to maintain some version of Washington’s drone campaigns.
Mar 3, 2016 / Mattea Kramer
Are the Major World Powers Blundering Toward War? Are the Major World Powers Blundering Toward War?
The US, Russia, China, and others are playing a dangerous game of military provocation. That’s exactly how World War I started a century ago.
Mar 3, 2016 / Michael T. Klare
Why We Must Close Guantánamo Now Why We Must Close Guantánamo Now
Congress and the media must recognize once and for all that torture is not a matter of serious debate: It is a war crime.
Mar 1, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Contractor Kidnappings and the Perils of Privatized War Contractor Kidnappings and the Perils of Privatized War
More than 3,700 contractors died on the global battlefield between 2001 and 2015, in this deadly and secrecy-shrouded game of crony capitalism.
Feb 2, 2016 / Tim Shorrock
Why Do All of the Pentagon’s ‘Successes’ in Iraq Look More Like Failures? Why Do All of the Pentagon’s ‘Successes’ in Iraq Look More Like Failures?
The only thing the US military has succeeded at is believing its own propaganda.
Jan 21, 2016 / Nick Turse
The Pentagon’s New Base Plan Will Achieve the Exact Opposite of Its Goal The Pentagon’s New Base Plan Will Achieve the Exact Opposite of Its Goal
We’re building bases to prevent terrorism, but local terror groups are recruiting in reaction to our bases.
Jan 14, 2016 / David Vine
December 13, 2003: Saddam Hussein Is Captured December 13, 2003: Saddam Hussein Is Captured
“Neither the overthrow of the Baathist regime nor Saddam’s capture can erase the fact that Washington helped prop up Saddam for years.”
Dec 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us Washington to Whomever: Please Fight the Islamic State for Us
Why the Gulf states, the Kurds, the Turks, the Sunnis, and the Shia won’t fight America’s war.
Dec 10, 2015 / Peter Van Buren