Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 115)
The media’s deplorable record on drones
Tom Engelhardt
The NYPost jokes about an airstrike that wiped out a wedding — but the rest of the news media ain't much better
The future isn’t unisex: Reform’s big gender blind spot
Soraya Chemaly
From disaster relief to inequality, world leaders often act like women don't exist. There's a better way
“The Great Dying” redux? Shocking parallels between ancient mass extinction and climate change
Dahr Jamail
Between 150 and 200 species are going extinct daily, a pace 1,000 times greater than the "natural" rate
American drone suspected in wedding-day massacre
Jack Serle
Deadliest strike of the year "left charred bodies and burnt-out cars on the road"
The Pentagon’s $365 million mandate to indoctrinate our children
Ann Jones
How the Army is training 14-year-olds to <3 miltarism
Guns in America after Newtown, by the numbers
John Light, Lauren Feeney, Karin Kamp
There have been 26 school shootings since Sandy Hook, and more than 30,000 have died by way of gun violence
Class war: America’s longest running conflict
Beverly Gologorsky
Vietnam and Iraq wars have come and gone, but battle lines are still drawn in neighborhoods like the South Bronx
The real US policy toward Nelson Mandela
Jean MacKenzie
The recently deceased South African leader is revered worldwide. But until 2008, he was on a terrorist watch list
War from afar: How the Pentagon fell in love with drones
Patrick Coffey
Unmanned aerial vehicles and smart bombs are the quintessential weapons of our age. And not just for Americans
CIA’s disastrous “Bourne” strategy
Pratap Chatterjee
The agency decided that there was no aspect of secret war which couldn’t be corporatized
GOP Rep. Duncan Hunter: Nuke Iran!
Elias Isquith
California Republican Duncan Hunter says that if the U.S. goes to war with Iran, it should use "tactical" nukes
New York Times’ blind spot on Clinton and race
Falguni A. Sheth
The real reasons the power couple needs to repair relations with African-Americans are beyond the paper of record
Bones, fobbits and green beans: The definitive glossary of modern U.S. military slang
Ben Brody
The past 12 years at war in Iraq and Afghanistan have given rise to an expansive (and amazing) new vocabulary
Report: Afghanistan, Somalia and North Korea most corrupt
Hamna Zubair
The U.S. had a middling score on the annual ranking by NGO Transparency International
Rising number of drone killings raises questions about Obama’s rules for use
Jack Serle
The number of deaths has risen in Yemen and Pakistan in the six months since the president imposed constraints
“Homeland: “American exceptionalism” at its worst
Jean MacKenzie
Saul's maneuverings in Iran are a diplomatic disaster in the making -- and betray the show's toxic politics
Intelligence committee chairs want you scared. You should be angry
Natasha Lennard
Feinstein and Rogers invoke the old boogeyman of rising terrorism in a cheap attempt to defend surveillance state
Ask “Col. Manners”: A satiric advice column about the security state
Tom Engelhardt
The esteemed officer answers your questions on war etiquette, nuclear threats and surveillance
Pick of the week: Noam Chomsky and Michel Gondry, together at last
Andrew O'Hehir
"Eternal Sunshine" director plus star lefty philosopher equals the weirdest animated film ever
U.S., Afghanistan wrangle over deal ahead of elders’ debate
Associated Press
A deal has not yet been reached over the future of U.S. soldiers after the withdrawal deadline in Afghanistan
“The American homeland is the planet”
Todd Miller
Not content with a militarized southern border, the U.S. is now militarizing borders around the world
Don’t buy the spin on Guantanamo: “Closing” it doesn’t mean what you think
Falguni A. Sheth
The dirty truth: There's a big difference between "transferring" the prisoners -- and actually releasing them
US soldier: My sons won’t serve. “Before that happens, I’ll shoot them myself”
Ann Jones
How veterans return from America’s wars
Thom Hartmann: Libertarians are pushing us over a cliff
Alex Halperin
The author says we'll get sensible financial regulation, but not until conservative "predators" destroy the economy
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