The Children of the Arab Spring Are Being Jailed and Tortured The Children of the Arab Spring Are Being Jailed and Tortured
Yassin Mohamed has spent much of the last seven years in prison for the crime of protesting.
Sep 18, 2017 / Scott Long
Can Congress Unravel the Trump-Russia Tangle? Can Congress Unravel the Trump-Russia Tangle?
Not if a renegade California Republican can stop it.
Sep 15, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss
The CIA Director Just Bullied Harvard Into Throwing Chelsea Manning to the Curb The CIA Director Just Bullied Harvard Into Throwing Chelsea Manning to the Curb
Pompeo is a Koch-brothers puppet who is using his position to bully a principled whistle-blower.
Sep 15, 2017 / John Nichols
The United States Was Responsible for the 1982 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut The United States Was Responsible for the 1982 Massacre of Palestinians in Beirut
Washington had explicitly guaranteed their safety—and recently declassified documents reveal that US diplomats were told by the Israelis what they and their allies might be up to.
Sep 14, 2017 / Rashid Khalidi
What a 1970s Chilean Satire Can Tell Us About Donald Trump What a 1970s Chilean Satire Can Tell Us About Donald Trump
How to Read Donald Duck has some surprising insights to reveal in 2017.
Sep 14, 2017 / Ariel Dorfman
Nikki Haley at the UN: Agree With Us or We Go It Alone Nikki Haley at the UN: Agree With Us or We Go It Alone
Haley’s actions and attitudes in the UN begin to seem more and more like efforts to undermine the organization rather than reform it.
Sep 14, 2017 / Barbara Crossette
The Latest Push to Arm Ukraine The Latest Push to Arm Ukraine
Arming Kiev could hinder diplomatic efforts to end the war.
Sep 13, 2017 / James Carden
Will Russia Leave the West? Will Russia Leave the West?
The new Cold War could drive the planet’s largest country, long anchored politically in both geopolitical worlds, eastward to stay.
Sep 13, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen
The ‘World’s Greatest Military’ Is Indeed Great—at Defeating Itself The ‘World’s Greatest Military’ Is Indeed Great—at Defeating Itself
American forces seek to dominate everywhere, but they win decisively nowhere.
Sep 12, 2017 / William J. Astore
An Interview With Stephen Kinzer An Interview With Stephen Kinzer
The award-winning foreign correspondent and author of The True Flag speaks on the 120-year history of American intervention in the world.
Sep 11, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence