Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board” Another Terrible Choice for Biden’s “Disinformation Board”
Michael Chertoff’s experience detaining Muslim Americans, justifying CIA torture, and helping to draft the Patriot Act make him an all-too-appropriate choice to advise this Orwelli...
May 27, 2022 / Lev Golinkin
George W. Bush Stumbles Into a Moment of Truth George W. Bush Stumbles Into a Moment of Truth
The former president’s gaffe reminds us that his launching of a criminal war still demands justice.
May 20, 2022 / Jeet Heer
The “Brutal Solidarity” Between Buffalo and Palestine The “Brutal Solidarity” Between Buffalo and Palestine
The violence that has visited Buffalo’s Black community and the Palestinian mourners of Shireen Abu Akleh speaks to the commonality of their oppression.
May 17, 2022 / Dave Zirin
Are We Any Closer to Shutting Down Guantánamo? Are We Any Closer to Shutting Down Guantánamo?
In the legal quagmire the US has created, there is no easy answer.
Jan 27, 2022 / Karen J. Greenberg
This Is the Unbuilding of America This Is the Unbuilding of America
We’ve long inhabited a perilous world—one that has only grown more so as the decades have passed.
Jan 11, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt
2 Decades of Military Force Got Us Nowhere 2 Decades of Military Force Got Us Nowhere
Twenty years of war, around $6 trillion, and nearly 1 million corpses later, there are now more terrorist groups than in 2001.
Jan 5, 2022 / Nick Turse
Here’s How We End America’s Forever Wars Here’s How We End America’s Forever Wars
It’s time to acknowledge in the most concrete ways imaginable that the post-9/11 war on terror warrants a final sunset.
Dec 13, 2021 / Karen J. Greenberg
It Doesn’t Pay to Be Right About America’s Wars It Doesn’t Pay to Be Right About America’s Wars
This country hates to be reminded that not everyone was duped by the domino theory.
Nov 9, 2021 / Nick Turse
George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology George W. Bush Still Owes the World an Apology
In his speech marking the 20th anniversary of 9/11, Bush made no attempt at taking responsibility for the tragedies that followed that awful day.
Sep 13, 2021 / Joan Walsh
I Lost My Father on 9/11, but I Never Wanted to Be a “Victim” I Lost My Father on 9/11, but I Never Wanted to Be a “Victim”
I never felt comfortable with the official rituals of 9/11 grief, with their overtones of patriotism and vengeance, so I sought other ways to use my role.
Sep 10, 2021 / Leila Murphy