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America is still paying for its wars: The enduring catastrophes of Iraq and Afghanistan
Tom Engelhardt
A new report finds as much as 60 billion taxpayer dollars have been lost to fraud and waste in U.S. reconstruction
How Paris could actually tear us apart: Inside the dangerous collision of politics & fear
Jack Mirkinson
After a mass tragedy like Paris, there's an understandable impulse to withdraw from the world. We must resist it
Let’s not get it wrong this time: The terrorists won after 9/11 because we chose to invade Iraq, shred our Constitution
Bret Weinstein
We destroyed ourselves with our dumb 9/11 overreactions. It's essential not to make the same mistake again
Our terrorism double standard: After Paris, let’s stop blaming Muslims and take a hard look at ourselves
Ben Norton
We must mourn all victims. But until we look honestly at the violence we export, nothing will ever change
Why our conversations about Paris have been broken from the start
Zoe Samudzi
The rush to fit the horrors of Paris into convenient neo-imperial narratives shows a disturbing lack of empathy
Nightmare in Paris: Democracy is under attack, and the right makes common cause with ISIS
Andrew O'Hehir
After another dreadful massacre, the French are tested again. Will they learn from America's 9/11 mistakes?
The real reason George Will is fuming at Bill O’Reilly: The Fox Newser told the truth about Ronald Reagan
Sean Illing
O'Reilly vs. Will is about much more than a sensationalist book. It goes to the very core of modern conservatism
Bernie Sanders is a cruise-missile progressive: False hope, foreign policy and the stubborn endurance of American exceptionalism
Patrick L. Smith
Sanders would do nothing to change America's worldwide meddling. This is a dangerous moment, and he's ducking it
U.S. imperialism was the real winner of the presidential debate
Ben Norton
The idea that the U.S. must impose its authority on the world with violence goes largely unquestioned by candidates
“Did you kill anybody?”: 9 things not to ask returning vets
Janet Allon
Sure, you mean well, but you have no idea what effect your question might have on a vet. Here's what to avoid
Veterans hope MDMA can cure their PTSD: “It’s hard to talk about because it’s the elephant in the room”
Christine Jun
Salon talks to a leading activist pushing for legalizing marijuana, MDMA and ayahuasca to treat returning soldiers
We’re repeating Bush’s failure: An Iraq veteran despairs over our deepening climate-change denial
Roy Scranton
I watched American denial at work as a soldier in Iraq. I'm seeing it all over again in our global warming response
“The horror makes the thrill”: Why the New York Times’ “beautiful” war images of death and destruction won’t change many minds
John Pettegrew
With the transformations in digital media, we're living in an age of “pump-you-up-to-kill-the-bad-guys videos”
Henry Kissinger’s genocidal legacy: Vietnam, Cambodia and the birth of American militarism
Greg Grandin
Nixon introduced us to permanent, extrajudicial war in Southeast Asia, and it continues today in the Middle East
America lost in Afghanistan: Anatomy of a foreign policy disaster
Ann Jones
Ten months ago, we celebrated the end of the longest war in U.S. history. Our victory has since proven pyrrhic
Judy Miller’s ghost lingers: Putin, Syria and how the New York Times cheers on a new Cold War
Patrick L. Smith
The propagandists have turned on the fog machine. Let's try and sort out myth vs. reality with Russia, Middle East
Not playing fair: How Christine Fair, defender of U.S. drone program in Pakistan, twists the facts — and may have conflicts of her own
Ben Norton
Leading drone defender Christine Fair claims critics are biased, yet is widely accused of her own double standards
U.S. military blew $43 million on “world’s most expensive gas station” in Afghanistan
Ben Norton
The gas station should have cost $300,000, but the DoD spent 143 times that — and doesn't know where the money went
The military-industrial-propaganda complex: The neo-con think tanks that drive policy and send us to war
James McCartney, Molly Sinclair McCartney
Well-funded think tanks push corporate agendas through media "experts" and sustain the neo-conservative apparatus
The NRA wants us to live in fear: The demented, highly profitable and deeply cynical logic behind arming everyone
Firmin DeBrabander
Corporations will make millions off chalkboards that turn into armor. Common-sense gun control would keep us safer
“My little war-porn addiction”: David Shields on how the New York Times made the Iraq and Afghanistan wars look “really cool, really glamorous, really bloodless”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to David Shields about the Times' "jingoistic flag waving" in its "war is heck" photography
Americans just can’t be bothered: Why our national security state remains largely uncontested
Tom Engelhardt
Bernie Sanders nailed it on the head. The only thing that can save our democracy is mobilization on a massive scale
The GOP can’t escape football: Republicans’ long love affair with America’s most brutal sport
Matthew Rozsa
At last week's debate, Chris Christie lamented that moderators would ask about fantasy football. Sorry, Chris...
“Saudi authorities are denying the evident truth”: Doctors Without Borders says it’s “beyond doubt” that U.S.-backed coalition bombed hospital
Ben Norton
Doctors Without Borders and the U.N. say the coalition bombed a Yemeni hospital, yet the coalition denies it
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