War and Peace

Drone Strikes

Will We Remember the Victims of the Kabul Drone Strike? Will We Remember the Victims of the Kabul Drone Strike?

For 20 years, the War on Terror has brought death and destruction to countless countries. Will we remember the victims?

Sep 29, 2021 / Nick Turse

Political Turmoil in Nicaragua

Why the Media No Longer Cares About Nicaragua Why the Media No Longer Cares About Nicaragua

Elite fixations often determine press coverage, and no one in power wants to talk about Daniel Ortega anymore.

Sep 28, 2021 / Eric Alterman

The American flag behind barbed wire

How Do We Confront America’s Attachment to Violence? How Do We Confront America’s Attachment to Violence?

Its toxicity has penetrated all too deeply into the soul of the nation.

Sep 27, 2021 / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

Jewish resistance wwii

The Quiet Power of Everyday Resistance The Quiet Power of Everyday Resistance

Scholar Roger Mac Ginty’s Everyday Peace explores how acts of individual solidarity or noncompliance are vital in forging conciliation amid war and violence.

Sep 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Francis Wade

Afghanistan

Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11 Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11

The Pentagon’s spending surge made corporations a windfall.

Sep 24, 2021 / William D. Hartung

Osama bin Laden Newspapers

Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance Pick Up the Stone: The American Way of Vengeance

The line from defeat in Afghanistan to deputizing bounty hunters in Texas can be traced in blood—and history.

Sep 22, 2021 / John Scagliotti and JoAnn Wypijewski

Uniting Against the American War Machine

Uniting Against the American War Machine Uniting Against the American War Machine

Twenty years and trillions of dollars later, the US counterinsurgency in Afghanistan failed—so when will we stop rewarding the military-industrial complex?

Sep 22, 2021 / William Astore

Biden Afghanistan War

It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex

Despite the end of two decades of war, a congressional committee just voted to increase the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion.

Sep 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)

Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending

The House is poised to pass a military budget this week that’s even bigger than President Joe Biden requested, but left-leaning lawmakers are putting up a fight.

Sep 21, 2021 / Aída Chávez

Russia’s War Against the Cold

Russia’s War Against the Cold Russia’s War Against the Cold

A new history considers how the struggle with Siberia’s permafrost redefined the country.

Sep 21, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

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