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
What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan? What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan?
Four lessons worth considering.
Sep 16, 2021 / Rajan Menon
Blinken and Biden Are Right: Afghanistan Is Not Saigon Blinken and Biden Are Right: Afghanistan Is Not Saigon
But not in the way they think.
Sep 15, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
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
The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure The $8 Trillion Cost of Failure
The time and money it took to give Kabul to the Taliban could have been used to help struggling Americans.
Sep 9, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt
How the War on Terror Created the “Muslim American” How the War on Terror Created the “Muslim American”
Before 9/11, Muslims were just another of this country’s many religious groups. After, they became a targeted, racialized minority.
Sep 9, 2021 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi
Why America Goes to War Why America Goes to War
Money drives the US military machine.
Sep 9, 2021 / Feature / Andrew Cockburn
From Vietnam to Afghanistan—and Back: An Offering From Vietnam to Afghanistan—and Back: An Offering
If you only ever imagined us as your enemies, how could we be anything else?
Sep 8, 2021 / Drew Pham
The War on Terror Is Still Alive and Well The War on Terror Is Still Alive and Well
Joe Biden deserves praise for pulling the troops out of Afghanistan—but 20 years after 9/11, the War on Terror continues.
Sep 8, 2021 / Robert L. Borosage
Gitmo’s Forgotten Ex-Detainees Gitmo’s Forgotten Ex-Detainees
They were freed from Guantánamo, but they’re still searching for a home.
Sep 8, 2021 / Feature / Clair MacDougall