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POW nation: When will America free itself from war?
William J. Astore
Why we’re all prisoners of war now
Indirect deaths: The massive and unseen costs of America’s post-9/11 wars at home and abroad
Andrea Mazzarino
Congress has to agree on more than just a defense bill. We must make amends for endless war
One year on, Muslim women reflect on wearing the niqab in a mask-wearing world
Anna Piela
Muslim women say they are having an easier time wearing the niqab during pandemic times
Why conservatives are now targeting the victims of the Capitol riot
Amanda Marcotte
Nancy Mace makes fun of AOC for being "triggered." Is sneering at people's pain the GOP's latest strategy?
The future of war, American-style
Danny Sjursen
A Bidenesque tour of America’s regional and global military adventures
America’s overlooked crime: Will Joe Biden end the U.S. global war on children?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Trump's treatment of immigrant children was shocking. The effect of U.S.-led wars on children's lives is much worse
The rubble of empire
Rebecca Gordon
Doctrines of disaster and dreams of security as the Biden years begin
Tom Cotton’s “Army Ranger” dissembling goes back at least eight years
Roger Sollenberger
In a 2014 ad, Cotton said he "made tough decisions as an Army Ranger in Iraq." But he never served with the Rangers
Dear Mr. President: You inspired us — but “unity” with Republicans and Trumpists is a trap
Chauncey DeVega
Joe Biden's inaugural address was soaring, Lincoln-esque oratory — but his vision of national unity is dangerous
Sen. Tom Cotton campaigned on his “experience as an Army Ranger” — but he didn’t have any
Roger Sollenberger
Arkansas senator has repeatedly said he served as "a U.S. Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan." That's not true
Wait, do blue lives matter? How Joe Biggs and the Proud Boys turned on the police
Roger Sollenberger
Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs once dined with Lindsey Graham at Trump's D.C. hotel. Now he's under arrest
Donald Trump started no new wars — but he is one of history’s biggest war presidents
Heather Digby Parton
Donald Trump is a war president, one of the most notorious in our history
Who is Victoria Nuland? A really bad idea as a key player in Biden’s foreign policy team
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Marcy Winograd
A Cold War true believer who sabotaged Obama's foreign policy, Nuland is a huge risk at the State Department
Biden’s pick for intelligence chief, Avril Haines, is tainted by drones and torture
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd
Haines is affable and intelligent. She was also a key figure in drone killings and helped cover up U.S. torture
Attorney for Blackwater murder victim: Trump’s pardons “a slap in the face” to U.S. justice
Roger Sollenberger
"The families believed in justice," lawyer says. After Trump pardoned killers, "it's been taken away from them"
America’s military reckoning: It’s time to stop the ritualistic fawning over veterans
Gregory A. Daddis
Most who've served deserve our praise. But military veterans don't get a free pass to spread sedition or hatred
It’s been almost 20 years since 9/11 — can we finally stop marching to disaster?
Rebecca Gordon
It’s probably hard for people born since 9/11 to imagine how much — and how little — things changed after that day
What If, after 9/11, George W. Bush had just thrown a bunch of parties?
Tom Engelhardt
And what if, after the pandemic hit America, Donald J. Trump had launched a global war against COVID-19?
Pardoning the Blackwater killers: It’s a scandal, but not specific to Donald Trump
Iveta Cherneva
It was difficult to prosecute these 2007 war crimes, and Republicans were eager to whitewash them from the get-go
Progressives tell Biden: Don’t roll out the red carpet for “torture enablers”
Medea Benjamin, Marcy Winograd
Joe Biden has nominated Avril Haines as DNI, and may pick Michael Morell for the CIA. Both are tainted by torture
Will the Dems sell us out in the midst of a pandemic?
Leonard C. Goodman
When politicians sell out to win, we all lose.
We’ve lost control: The real lessons of the Trump regime and the pandemic
Chris Hedges
Our society, and our species, is gripped by hopeful delusion. Dire recent events should have stripped all that away
Trump and the Republicans want to turn losing into winning — and it might work
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Apparently it's not Trump's fault he lost. It was all those damn voters! Republicans are looking to fix that
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