How America Changed the Meaning of War How America Changed the Meaning of War
After 9/11, the US invented a new kind of borderless, pre-emptive warfare, plunging the world into an endless cycle of violence.
Jul 22, 2014 / Jonathan Schell
The Iraq That Washington Built The Iraq That Washington Built
“Fear, arbitrary arrests, indiscriminate bombing, killing, an uncertain future—this is the new democratic Iraq.”
Jul 17, 2014 / Dahr Jamail
Does America Still Torture? Does America Still Torture?
President Barack Obama made a big deal of turning the page on Bush-era “interrogration techniques,” but how much has really changed?
Jul 10, 2014 / Rebecca Gordon
Left-Right Coalition of 80 House Members Wants Congress to Check and Balance Iraq Intervention Left-Right Coalition of 80 House Members Wants Congress to Check and Balance Iraq Intervention
Democrats and Republicans warn of the perils of imagining there is a military "fix."
Jul 3, 2014 / John Nichols
Should We Stop Talking About National Security? Should We Stop Talking About National Security?
Our government has always justified its worst abuses of power—here and abroad—on the basis of “national security.”
Jul 1, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq Maybe We Should Listen to Bill Kristol on Iraq
Instead of ignoring what the neo-cons have to say about the present crisis in Iraq, maybe we should do this...
Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Against Intervention in Iraq Against Intervention in Iraq
American military involvement would inflame, not ease, Iraq’s sectarian divisions.
Jun 18, 2014 / The Editors
Making Dissent a Mental Illness Making Dissent a Mental Illness
On Bowe Bergdahl and conscientious objection
Jun 18, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
How to Forgive Your Torturer How to Forgive Your Torturer
Eric Lomax was captured and tortured by the Japanese during World War II. Forty years later, he tracked down the man responsible.
Jun 17, 2014 / Ariel Dorfman
How to Fix the Iraq Crisis How to Fix the Iraq Crisis
Hint: not by bombing it.
Jun 17, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss