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Stop calling them “Vanilla ISIS”: Mocking the Bundys and Oregon extremists pretends that violence isn’t an American tradition
Arthur Chu
The Bundys should not be belittled or dismissed. Violent white men with guns are as American as apple pie
A year of war: 10 destructive armed conflicts the U.S. fueled in 2015, explained
Ben Norton
A look at the role of the U.S. in a dismal year marked by war and violence
Donald Trump has made us all a**holes: How 2016 has coarsened us all into Fox News jerks
Sophia A. McClennen
Trump is polarizing, yes, but the real problem is that he's making us all obnoxious. Don't let the terrorist win
The New Wave of Islamophobia: Being Sikh or Muslim in the age of Donald Trump
Amardeep Singh
Politicians like Trump have emboldened those hostile toward minorities — we need real leaders to confront it
Our George Orwell/Noam Chomsky paradox: Let’s decipher the doublethink media and government peddles about U.S. foreign policy
Dana E. Abizaid
Our policies and actions routinely go against our oft-stated ideals. Here's how to examine the lies and spin
“Delusional and reflexive invocations of American exceptionalism”: What the GOP field won’t admit about our history may make everything worse
Robin Lindley
By continuing to deny the real lessons and history of Vietnam and Iraq, we are set up to repeat tragedies again
Hillary Clinton is more right wing than you think: For progressives, a vote for her over Bernie Sanders is a waste
H.A. Goodman
On many contentious issues, Hillary Clinton has acted more like a Republican than a progressive
America’s secret war on ISIL: The African military operation you’ll never hear about
Nick Turse
The U.S. Air Force recently "neutralized" 69 enemy combatants -- and has taken meticulous steps to cover its tracks
Is Hillary Clinton a neoconservative hawk? What Iraq and Libya decisions tell us about her foreign policy
Paul Rosenberg
Hillary got Iraq vote wrong, and Libya and Syria too. If she were setting the policies, what would they look like?
The new Muslim democracy: What you need to know about today’s Middle East
John L. Esposito, Tamara Sonn, John O. Voll
Listen to the presidential candidates and you come away with a warped view of Islam and democracy. Here's the deal
A crisis not seen since WWII: Refugees entering Europe top a record 1 million, and the U.N. is calling on nations to help
Ben Norton
Half of the refugees crossing the Mediterranean were Syrians, fleeing a civil war entering its 5th year
Bernie Sanders vs. the world: How the political & media elite are trying to set him up to fail
Daniel Denvir
After Saturday night's debate, it's more evident than ever that the senator from Vermont isn't getting a fair shake
Is this how World War III begins? Religion, end times, terror and the frightening new Middle East tinderbox
Émile P. Torres
Apocalyptic worldviews and non-state actors make the wars in Syria and on terror all the more dangerous
Can brain science tell us more than the Quran about why young, non-religious Somali Americans would want to kill and die in Syria for ISIS?
Paul Escott
Disaffected Somali American youth who don't find the connection they long for may be susceptible to ISIS recruiters
It’s not about party, it’s about hunger for war: 19 percent of Democrats also said they’d bomb fake country from “Aladdin”
Ben Norton
You're missing the point. 30% of Republicans said they'd bomb Agrabah — but so did 19% of Democrats.
This is why Stephen Colbert keeps losing to Jimmy Fallon
Sarah Burris
At the moment Bruce Springsteen is on Fallon, here's the brilliant but bizarre bit done by Colbert
Year of “human suffering”: U.N. sounds alarm over the millions of refugees targeted by “xenophobic policies and alarmist rhetoric”
Ben Norton
The world is experiencing the worst refugee crisis since WWII, while xenophobia and racism are on the rise
Lives starting with horror — a baby is born into a war zone every two seconds: UNICEF
Ben Norton
1 in 8 of the babies in the world are born into violence and chaos, UNICEF explains in a new report and video
Islam isn’t the problem: American Muslims should be on the front lines of questioning U.S. policies that have contributed to destabilization, sectarianism and bloodshed in the Middle East
Hafsa Kanjwal
As a community we've internalized Islamophobia in a desperate attempt to prove we belong. We need a new approach
I am a white person against Trump: White people need to stop laughing and start taking responsibility
Adam Ciminello
Trump provided me lots of entertainment. Only now do I realize his racism isn't funny, and that I need to own it
We are addicted to war: The simple statistics that help explain how the world views America
Paul Rosenberg
Americans like to call themselves a "peace-loving nation." The numbers show that's not actually the case
“Serial” wades into political firestorm: Sarah Koenig could raise right’s ire by taking on Bowe Bergdahl mystery
Amanda Marcotte
The new season of "Serial" is courting the right's wrath by probing the strange case of soldier Bowe Bergdahl
They are as dangerous as Donald Trump: The monstrous foreign-policy lie that goes unreported by the mainstream media
David Masciotra
Obama, Hillary, Cheney and others pretend Trump has gone too far, while themselves guiding murderous policies
“Fox & Friends”: Interest in season two of “Serial” just as salacious as wondering why “Jeffery Dahmer killed and ate somebody”
Scott Eric Kaufman
Never talk about the moral complexity of war with people who love "Full Metal Jacket" because it's funny
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