War

“Just as democracy and peace are mutually reinforcing, perpetual war and perpetual corruption are mutually reinforcing. The concentrated power involved in conducting war corrupts; corruption undermines democracy, the surest way to peace.”

Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran

Afghan troops whose lives hang in the balance in the latest peace talks.

“What we need is a Higher World Order where building nations is more profitable than destroying them; conducting fair trade with other nations is more mutually beneficial than occupying them and stealing their resources; and living in a multi-polar world is more peaceful and profitable than one nation hopelessly clinging on to a dangerous fantasy of a unipolar world.”

Pointing fingers won’t help—an attitude shift is what the world needs now.

Weapons “R” Us (But You’d Never Know It)

"To act is to be committed, and to be committed is to be in danger." - James Baldwin

The capture, torture, and propaganda use of Abu Zubaydah is the perfect example of the U.S. government’s unique combination of willful law-breaking, ass-covering memo-writing, and “strategic incompetence.”

With the Trump administration unraveling what remains of the U.S. arms control regime, Democratic candidates desperately need to articulate their plans to avert a nuclear crisis.

New reporting on a lethal September boat strike intensifies scrutiny of Trump’s regional military campaign.