War on Terror

Soldiers Mourn

What Are American Soldiers Actually Dying For? What Are American Soldiers Actually Dying For?

It’s time to reconsider whether the United States is really a force for good in the Middle East.

Sep 7, 2017 / Danny Sjursen

Navy Drone

Growing Up With Big Brother Growing Up With Big Brother

A historian tracks half a century of evolving state surveillance.

Aug 24, 2017 / Alfred McCoy

DHS Twitter Account

Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’ Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’

New databases are being built for this experimental surveillance.

Aug 23, 2017 / Aaron Miguel Cantú and George Joseph

Afghan dust

Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War

You can also write a letter to the editor to demand the removal of Confederate statues, and join a campaign to take economic power from Wall Street and give it back to communities.

Aug 22, 2017 / NationAction

Trump Andrews Air Force Base

There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions There’s 1 Country Practically Begging the World for Sanctions

Hint: It’s not North Korea, Russia, or Iran.

Aug 17, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

A federal agent stands outside of a building in San Diego, CA.

No, We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Domestic Issues No, We Don’t Need a ‘War’ on Domestic Issues

Military rhetoric only serves to dehumanize public issues rather than to treat them.

Aug 15, 2017 / Rebecca Gordon

Turkish Journalists Trial

Turkey’s Great Terror Turkey’s Great Terror

Recep Erdogan has turned his country into a gulag state, branding millions of citizens as terrorists.

Aug 11, 2017 / Juan Cole

US and YPG Military

ISIS’s Days in Syria Are Numbered, but Does Trump Have More Wars to Fight There? ISIS’s Days in Syria Are Numbered, but Does Trump Have More Wars to Fight There?

Both Damascus and Ankara are afraid Washington may establish a long-term military base in the Syrian Kurdish northeast.

Aug 3, 2017 / Juan Cole

Trump and Ryan

Paul Ryan Hands Donald Trump a Blank Check for Endless War Paul Ryan Hands Donald Trump a Blank Check for Endless War

The Speaker and his allies block Barbara Lee’s drive to check presidential war making.

Jul 20, 2017 / John Nichols

Mosul US Airstike

The US Military ‘Liberated’ Mosul—by Destroying It The US Military ‘Liberated’ Mosul—by Destroying It

The only pattern in the American “war on terror” is disaster.

Jul 20, 2017 / Tom Engelhardt

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