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Sydney hostage crisis reaches breaking point as police storm cafe
Kristen Gelineau
Armed gunman had been holding an unknown number of people hostage for more than 16 hours
CIA report revives legal debate on interrogation
Eric Tucker
“We’re Baghdad-ready”: Inside the street gangs of Long Island
Laura Miller
The uncomfortable similarities between America's elite and the Crips and Bloods who terrorized a village
The chilling rise of American militarism
Tom Engelhardt
Chuck Hagel's ouster signals a shift in foreign policy. Welcome to the new Washington, where peace is a dirty word
Obama channels Dr. Stangelove: How the president learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
James Carroll
In 2009, the president promised nuclear disarmament. Five years later, our stockpile remains frightfully intact
Dick Cheney’s dark victory: Torture and the demise of American democracy
Andrew O'Hehir
Can we quit pretending torture is some huge aberration? It fits into a larger pattern of America's imperial decay
Stephen Colbert schooled Fox News hard: Comedy, Bill O’Reilly and the exposure of right-wing patriotism lies
Sophia A. McClennen
The comedian's hyper-patriotic persona was the key to parodying blathering know-nothings like Fox's Bill O'Reilly
Cheney’s scary pile of garbage: Why his torture defense is even worse than you think
Simon Maloy
The former VP went on Fox News to defend his beloved torture program with smoothly delivered lies and obfuscations
EXCLUSIVE: “Corrupt, toxic and sociopathic”: Glenn Greenwald unloads on torture, CIA and Washington’s rotten soul
Elias Isquith
Glenn Greenwald tells Salon how the torture report exposes true evil — and a nation drowning in hypocrisy
Good riddance, Darrell Issa: A wasteful blowhard’s humiliating history
Ari Rabin-Havt
The departing House investigative chairman was the king of made-up scandals. Here's why he was a gift to Democrats
Senate report: Harsh CIA tactics didn’t work
Ken Dilanian, Bradley Klapper
Mutual contempt: Why MoveOn’s bid to get Elizabeth Warren to challenge Hillary is far from surprising
Luke Brinker
The progressive group isn't Ready for Hillary. The former secretary of state probably won't be shedding any tears
“Dead bodies and wasted money”: How I learned firsthand the worst lesson of war
Michael Carson
If you truly want to learn from a war, don’t start one. My unit learned how to survive -- we didn't become smarter
Dick Cheney is in Obama’s head: Why U.S. foreign policy is broken
Tom Engelhardt
The American national security machinery seems incapable of handling the single threat it was built to destroy
Killer cops, drone wars and the crisis of democracy
Andrew O'Hehir
Americans have surrendered democracy and enslaved ourselves to illegitimate power. The consequences are murder
From hefty histories to chick lit: What I learned from reading two decades’ worth of NYT Notable Books lists
Laura Miller
How the most anxiety-inducing of year-end books lists has reflected the changing publishing landscape
Rebecca Solnit: Las Vegas mirrors America’s decline
Rebecca Solnit
The author of "Men Explain Things to Me" on the dangers of Sheldon Adelson and casino capitalism
Police think we’re the enemy: There will be more Fergusons if we keep militarizing local cops
David Palumbo-Liu
The terrible miscarriage of justice in Ferguson must spur real change in the excessive force given to the police
From the “knee defender” to the pig on the plane: The year in crazy in-flight drama
Anna Silman
Remember that live-tweet of a passenger's drunken, racist meltdown? 2014: A big year for viral air travel fiascoes
A nation crippled by fear: Why America’s reaction to Ferguson, Tamir Rice and ISIS are all connected
Marcy Wheeler
White people in this country are afraid -- and it's the key to understanding race relations and our foreign policy
Amazon’s frightening CIA partnership: Capitalism, corporations and our massive new surveillance state
Charles R. Davis
Hundreds of millions flow to Amazon from the national security state. It's a kind of partnership we shouldn't allow
For Obama and the Pentagon, an uneasy relationship
Julie Pace, Robert Burns
The Internet is not enough: Paul Simon’s “Graceland,” Malcolm Gladwell and the importance of real connections
Ethan Zuckerman
Trust Gladwell and "Graceland": True connection and cultural exchange requires "bridge figures" to cement ties
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