US Wars and Military Action

Trump, Merkel, Erdogan at G20

Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown Trump’s Foreign-Policy Meltdown

Undermining confidence and alienating allies, Trump has already undone years of American diplomacy.

Jul 17, 2017 / Alfred W. McCoy

Veterans hospital Phoenix

America’s Biggest Publicly Funded, Fully Integrated Health-Care System Is Under Attack America’s Biggest Publicly Funded, Fully Integrated Health-Care System Is Under Attack

The Veterans Health Administration is a successful example of a single-payer system in the United States. It’s time for progressives to defend it.

Jul 17, 2017 / Suzanne Gordon

Bannon and Kushner in Washington DC

Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan Kushner and Bannon Team Up to Privatize the War in Afghanistan

Blackwater’s Erik Prince was a shoo-in for the plan. But who is Stephen Feinberg?

Jul 14, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

North Korean Nuclear Missiles

Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House Nuclear Bunkers Won’t Protect You From What’s Happening in the White House

It’s time to stop hiding from the crises we’ve created.

Jul 13, 2017 / William J. Astore

New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016

New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016 New Study: The Communities Most Affected by War Turned to Trump in 2016

He promised to put this forgotten part of America first—but he’s done little so far.

Jul 13, 2017 / James Carden

Abdalaziz Alhamza

Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras Meet the Syrian Activists Fighting ISIS—With Cameras

In Matthew Heineman’s City of Ghosts, freedom of the press is a matter of life or death.

Jul 12, 2017 / Sarah Aziza

Trump-Putin Détente Partnership Begins as ‘Russiagate’ Attacks on It Grow Trump-Putin Détente Partnership Begins as ‘Russiagate’ Attacks on It Grow

Cooperation with Russia is imperative, but never has the US political-media elite’s opposition to it been so virulent.

Jul 12, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

Trump Putin G20

Now Is the Time for Trump and Putin to Negotiate, Not Escalate Tensions Now Is the Time for Trump and Putin to Negotiate, Not Escalate Tensions

Katrina vanden Heuvel talks with Democracy Now!

Jul 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Trump and Putin side-by-side

A Fateful Encounter: On Today’s Meeting Between Presidents Trump and Putin A Fateful Encounter: On Today’s Meeting Between Presidents Trump and Putin

The summit offers a chance to mitigate a crisis.

Jul 7, 2017 / James Carden

US-South Korean Joint Military Exercise

The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests The Unacknowledged Logic of North Korea’s Missile Tests

We may not like it, but nuclear weapons may be all that stands in the way of another US-conducted “regime change.”

Jul 6, 2017 / Patrick Lawrence

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