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How America’s wars end — messily

Danny Sjursen

And the Afghan War will be no exception.

08/06/2019 06:30 EDT

Susan Collins; Lindsey Graham; Ted Cruz; Pat Toomey; Dan Crenshaw (AP/Getty.Salon)

After El Paso and Dayton, conservatives change tune on gun control

Shira Tarlo

High-profile GOP lawmakers and conservative pundits condemn white supremacy and urge Trump to take real action

08/05/2019 17:48 EDT

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 18: Mohammad Javad Zarif (R), the foreign minister of Iran, smiles as he arrives for a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at United Nations headquarters, July 18, 2019 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Iran’s Zarif drives Trump to insanity

M.K. Bhadrakumar

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is putting a stake in Trump's international efforts.

08/03/2019 05:00 EDT

The great reckoning

Andrew J. Bacevich

A look back from mid-century

07/29/2019 05:00 EDT

An Indian man walks outside the Taj Mahal hotel, which was one of the sites of the Mumbai terror attack, in Mumbai, India, Friday, April 10, 2015. A Pakistani court on Thursday, April 9, 2015, ordered the release of the main suspect Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in the 2008 Mumbai attacks for the second time in less than a month, a defense lawyer said. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade) (Rajanish Kakade)

Trump cheers as Pakistan rounds up the usual suspect in Mumbai case

Sebastian Rotella

Pakistan has repeatedly detained and then released Hafiz Saeed

07/28/2019 14:59 EDT

Democratic 2020 strategy must be gloves off, abandon all subtlety:”Trump will kill your dog!

Lucian K. Truscott IV

Hey, Democrats! It’s a street fight. Get out of your crouch and take off the gloves

07/27/2019 08:00 EDT

U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), delivers remarks during the 2017 Omaha Submarine Ballistic Missile Trophy presentation. (MC1 Class Amanda Gray/USSTRATCOM)

Army colonel accuses Gen. John Hyten, Joint Chiefs nominee, of sexual assault

Nicole Karlis

Col. Kathryn Spletstoser says it is her “moral responsibility” to talk about alleged assault by Air Force general

07/26/2019 20:30 EDT

Is “Jirga” a white savior movie about Afghanistan? “We have a lot to feel guilty about”

Gary M. Kramer

Salon talks to Australian director Benjamin Gilmour of "Jirga" about digging for truth about the war in Afghanistan

07/26/2019 17:00 EDT

President Donald Trump, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence looking on, delivers the State of the Union address in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol Building on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Dough Mills)

Planet of the surreal: turning 75 in the age of Trump

Tom Engelhardt

"As I turn 75, there’s no simpler way to put it than this: I’m an old man on a new planet..."

07/26/2019 04:00 EDT

Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh: The world is “run by ignoramuses, wackos and psychotics”

Chauncey DeVega

Legendary investigative reporter on why the media can't stay out of Trump's "kitty-litter box of tweets"

07/23/2019 07:00 EDT

Trump says he could win Afghanistan war “in a week”: It “could be wiped off the face of the Earth”

David Edwards

"I don’t want to go that route”

07/22/2019 14:00 EDT

FILE - In this July 7, 2006, file photo, the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is shown after it was unveiled in a ceremony in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (AP)

Merger mania: The military-industrial complex on steroids

William D. Hartung

Eisenhower's worst nightmare

07/22/2019 07:30 EDT

In this Sunday, March 19, 2017 photo, Children sit in the sun in their home in Kabul, Afghanistan. An aid group says nearly a third of all children in war-torn Afghanistan are unable to attend school, leaving them at increased risk of child labor, recruitment by armed groups, early marriage and other forms of exploitation. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (AP)

The bold new plan to stop wars: A peace advocate makes her case

Scilla Elworthy

"War and military occupation haven’t made us more secure. They’ve made us more hated in many parts of the world.”

07/21/2019 21:00 EDT

In this photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, people who've been taken into custody related to cases of illegal entry into the United States, sit in one of the cages at a facility in McAllen, Texas, Sunday, June 17, 2018. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Rio Grande Valley Sector via AP)

The long history of dealing with immigrants harshly

Anthony W. Fontes

In the midst of present-day immigration issues, it is important to examine the long history of US's harsh treatment

07/20/2019 07:29 EDT

Democratic presidential hopefuls (fromL) US author and writer Marianne Williamson, former Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper, US attorney and entrepreneur Andrew Yang, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana Pete Buttigieg, former US Vice President Joseph R. Biden, US Senator for Vermont Bernie Sanders, US Senator for California Kamala Harris, US Senator for New York Kirsten Gillibrand, US Senator for Colorado Michael Bennet, US Representative for California's 15th congressional district Eric Swalwell, participate in the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season hosted by NBC News at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, June 27, 2019. (Getty/Saul Loeb)

Foreign policy is missing in the Democratic debates

Terry H. Schwadron

Why does Joe Biden hide his advantage?

07/18/2019 08:30 EDT

President Donald Trump watches a flyover on July 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Getty/Tasos Katopodis)

Trump’s military pomp: A sign of weakness

Alexei Bayer

Trump’s penchant for military parades harks back to the old unlamented Soviet Union

07/17/2019 04:00 EDT

The missing three-letter word missing in the Iran crisis

Michael T. Klare

Oil’s enduring sway in U.S. policy in the Middle East

07/15/2019 04:00 EDT

The riptide of American militarism

William J. Astore

Lessons from the natural world on Washington’s unnatural wars

07/12/2019 04:00 EDT

(Charles Reed/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

The government sometimes detains and deports U.S. citizens

Cassandra Burke Robertson, Irina D. Manta

The historical precedents for immigration limitation, and the flaws and loopholes of the system as it is today

07/10/2019 03:00 EDT

We’re not the good guys

Tom Engelhardt

Why is American aggression missing in action?

07/07/2019 16:29 EDT

Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher (AP/Twitter/realDonaldTrump)

The curious case of Eddie Gallagher: Did Donald Trump help a Navy SEAL get away with murder?

Sophia Tesfaye

Eddie Gallagher was accused of stabbing a wounded teenager to death. Trump's taking credit for getting him off

07/05/2019 07:00 EDT

“What does war have to do with me?”

Nick Turse

Combat viewed from the rooftops and beyond.

07/05/2019 04:00 EDT

The antiwar movement no one can see

Allegra Harpootlian

Will it put a crimp in the war on terror?

06/30/2019 14:59 EDT

Don’t expect justice from the Imperial Criminal Court

Justin Podur

The ICC provides no legal counterbalance to the arrogance of an empire’s power

06/30/2019 04:00 EDT