How America’s Wars Came Home With the Troops How America’s Wars Came Home With the Troops
Since 2002, veterans have been committing murder individually and in groups, killing family, friends, strangers and—in appalling numbers—themselves.
Apr 17, 2014 / Ann Jones
For Now, Diplomacy Defuses Ukraine Crisis For Now, Diplomacy Defuses Ukraine Crisis
We don’t need a new Cold War.
Apr 17, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Worst-Case Scenario in Ukraine The Worst-Case Scenario in Ukraine
As the conflict escalates, so too does the possibility of a military confrontation between the United States–NATO and Russia.
Apr 16, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Is This the Moment to Normalize US Relations With Cuba? Is This the Moment to Normalize US Relations With Cuba?
With Senator Foreign Relations chairman and Cuba hawk Robert Menendez mired in scandal, the embargo could finally be lifted.
Apr 16, 2014 / Tom Hayden
How Should Obama Respond to Putin’s Ukraine Provocations? How Should Obama Respond to Putin’s Ukraine Provocations?
It isn’t clear how far Putin will go, but diplomacy is the only answer.
Apr 16, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
What the French E-mail Meme Says About Your American Job What the French E-mail Meme Says About Your American Job
What if we really worked 9 to 5?
Apr 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws? Can China’s Workers Get Their Government to Follow Its Own Labor Laws?
Could China’s justice system be morphing from an instrument of the authoritarian state into a contested political terrain?
Apr 16, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are holding the US government accountable for innocent victims on all sides of the fighting.
Apr 16, 2014 / Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why Are Thousands of Malagasy Women Being Trafficked to Abusive Jobs in the Middle East? Why Are Thousands of Malagasy Women Being Trafficked to Abusive Jobs in the Middle East?
Dishonest employment agencies are only part of the problem.
Apr 15, 2014 / Feature / Aaron Ross
How Not to End Violence in a War-Torn Land How Not to End Violence in a War-Torn Land
The US plan to create another armed group to inject into Libya’s fractious sea of competing militias is going forward—and is fraught with peril.
Apr 15, 2014 / Nick Turse