Gaza in mourning: Unraveling the truth behind the Shadia Abu Ghazala school tragedy
Gaza school incident exposes grim reality of civilian casualties.
The Bureau identifies 15 civilians killed in a single US airstrike
In both the Somali and Afghan incidents, the US at first denied that any non-combatants had been killed.
50 years later, a speech by King has lessons for a president
Difficult work remains for those in whom Martin Luther King Jr. had the most hope: the people, organizing grass-roots power for peace.
In Whose America?
Tom Engelhardt reflects on the state of America: machine Guns, MRAPs, surveillance, drones, permanent war and a permanent election campaign. Don’t be shocked—we, the people, are less in control of anything.
The new Cold War with China
No one can say at what point you or any of us will begin to feel the direct effects of this new Cold War, only that, as tensions and hostile acts heighten, the consequences will prove harsh indeed.
War in Syria: 10 years and still counting
Despite a decade of battling and a wrecked country, al-Assad remains immovably in power on military help from Iran and Russia.
September 11 and the debacle of ‘nation-building’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
A very long war
From Vietnam to Afghanistan and detours along the way.
The last good guys?
Why in this century has America, the “leader of the free world” (as we used to say in the days of the first Cold War), also become the leader in promoting global warfare?
Migration and the shadow of war
How did the real story of a migrant boat disaster escaped our attention.