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Right-wing dreams of demented utopias
Michael Lind
It used to be liberals who wanted to remake society according to a theory. Now that's the looney dream of the right
The year of the suicide
Kera Bolonik
Suicide rates among Americans are steadily rising and have been for years. Why are we killing ourselves?
Why are neocons so down on Chuck Hagel?
Matthew Duss
As U.S. foreign policy has evolved, the ex-senator has adjusted his views -- and it's not sitting well with the GOP
Soldier suicides outnumber combat deaths
Natasha Lennard
In 2012, suicide rates worsened and 212 troops died in combat in Afghanistan
The CIA’s expanding contractor security force
Natasha Lennard
Global Response Staff, a secret security force created after 9/11, is illustrative of CIA militarization
8 striking parallels between the U.S. and the Roman Empire
Steven Strauss
Is our republic coming to an unceremonious end? History may not be on America's side
13 bold predictions for Asia in 2013
Tom Nagorski
Will Psy produce a sequel to "Gangnam Style?" Will Kim Jong-un continue his bellicose ways? Only time will tell
4 killed near US base in Afghan suicide bombing
Associated Press
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, which left 3 Afghans dead in addition to the bomber
Andrew O’Hehir’s 10 Best Movies of 2012
Andrew O'Hehir
Maybe film culture isn't dying just yet: The year in movies brought richness and breadth — and controversy!
“Zero Dark Thirty” is indefensible
Alex Gibney
As a director, I respect "Zero Dark Thirty's" artistry. But its underlying message is wrong -- and dangerously so
U.S. Intelligence emerges from the shadows
Tom Engelhardt
America's covert wars continue, but on a far grander scale than we ever could have imagined a generation ago
Record sales of guns in America
Ellen Connolly
Americans tried to buy 2 million guns in November this year, according to statistics from the F.B.I.
Guns have never saved us
Michael Lind
Second Amendment defenders misread history: Armed citizens did not win our freedom and would not protect it
Pentagon to send missiles, troops to Turkey
Robert Burns
They'll be fending off Scuds with Patriot missiles. Sound familiar?
Poll finds support for Elizabeth Warren’s “balanced approach”
Alex Seitz-Wald
As liberals fight for her "fiscal cliff" solution, a new poll shows Americans are open to it
Extraordinary rendition’s day in court
Natasha Lennard
As "Zero Dark Thirty" debate rages, European court rules in favor of man sent to secret Afghan prison by the CIA
A tweeted tale of drone strikes
Natasha Lennard
One Twitter user offers a short history of U.S. drone attacks, which looks endless across social media
ACLU seeks human rights probe into Padilla case
Associated Press
The civil liberties group are asking the Organization of American States to investigate the U.S. government
California paid a psychiatrist $822,000 last year
Alex Halperin
The Golden State has some very highly paid employees, but that's not the whole story
Obama’s community organizing: Occupy the globe
David Vine
Since the onset of the Global War on Terror, the US has spent trillions on bases in countries you'd never expect
Who’s most susceptible to PTSD?
Kevin Charles Redmon
A staggering number of returning soldiers are affected with the disorder, yet we still don't entirely understand it
Navy SEAL killed rescuing US doctor in Afghanistan
Associated Press
The American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago
Egypt may not be an Islamic state after all
Jonathan Adelman
The Muslim Brotherhood faces a long, uphill battle as it seeks to consolidate its power
Jailer: Bradley Manning needed to tell me he wanted out of solitary
Associated Press
The officer says the alleged source of Wikileaks documents was stripped naked every night for his own good
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