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Military jets fly over Arrowhead Stadium

Can Sports Be a Site of War Resistance? Can Sports Be a Site of War Resistance?

Athletes have used their platforms to amplify messages against police brutality and other forms of oppression—can they do the same for war?

Jan 7, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Suleimani funeral

Trump’s Distraction by Assassination Trump’s Distraction by Assassination

The killing of Iran’s Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani took the public’s attention away from Trump’s upcoming trial in the Senate. This new crisis, though, has no visible off-ramp.

Jan 7, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

The Trump Presidency Is Our Second 9/11

The Trump Presidency Is Our Second 9/11 The Trump Presidency Is Our Second 9/11

For the past three years, Donald Trump has been a uniquely disastrous president.

Dec 26, 2019 / Tom Engelhardt

What Never-Ending War Does to Kids

What Never-Ending War Does to Kids What Never-Ending War Does to Kids

In expanding the reach of its military involvement, the United States has left a generation of children traumatized. 

Dec 23, 2019 / Andrea Mazzarino

Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War

Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War Military Officials Sent Us to Fight, Kill, and Die in an Unwinnable War

The Washington Post’s Afghanistan Papers framed in stark terms the incompetence and immorality of the officials under whom I served.

Dec 12, 2019 / Maggie Seymour

US soldier Mosul

I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars I’m Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars

At West Point, Graduation Day felt more like a tragedy than a triumph.

Nov 8, 2019 / Danny Sjursen

Éric Zemmour

The Far Right Is Tightening Its Grip on French Politics The Far Right Is Tightening Its Grip on French Politics

As extremist ideas enter the mainstream, “clash of civilizations” rhetoric is crowding out more nuanced approaches to the very real problem of terrorism.

Nov 1, 2019 / Harrison Stetler

Bolton’s Gone. Is the Trumpian World Order About to Begin?

Bolton’s Gone. Is the Trumpian World Order About to Begin? Bolton’s Gone. Is the Trumpian World Order About to Begin?

Whether a Trump-dictated foreign policy is a good thing is anyone’s guess.

Sep 13, 2019 / Michael T. Klare

John Bolton and a map

Ro Khanna: ‘Americans Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief With Bolton Gone’ Ro Khanna: ‘Americans Can Breathe a Sigh of Relief With Bolton Gone’

The ousted national security adviser’s extremism was hurting America on the international stage.

Sep 11, 2019 / Rep. Ro Khanna

John Bolton

John Bolton’s Ouster Makes the World Safer John Bolton’s Ouster Makes the World Safer

But only a little. Trump’s clownish foreign policy shouldn’t be used to discredit diplomacy.

Sep 11, 2019 / Jeet Heer

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