How the turn toward “precision” combat promoted endless war

The 1961 Cuba invasion was an epic presidential botch—and yet, Kennedy’s standing improved afterward. Take note, Mr. President.

Critics of Biden’s withdrawal are using women as props to push for more war.

The president finally retreated from his hyperdefensiveness and reached into his bag of empathy. And it was about time.

The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.

The mainstream media is giving the impression that U.S. veterans largely oppose the troop withdrawal. In truth, many of them are traumatized by the fact that the war has gone on this long.

As the Taliban takes over the country, hawkish pundits and ex-officials in America are still clinging to the long-broken dream of nation-building.

Spencer Ackerman’s new book argues that the forever wars created the conditions for Trump’s rise.

America is finally pulling out of a losing war, after two decades of lies and deceit from the country’s military leaders.

The administration has promised to revise the post-9/11 legal basis for permanent war. It’s not enough.

Biden’s airstrike in Syria shows how little is going to change about America’s military entanglements in the Middle East.

A consideration of dirty work, the people who dream of doing it, and what it means for everyone else

How the Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the country’s response to the 9/11 attacks

If they’re the conscience of the Republican Party, then the post-Trump era will be just as destructive as the past four years were.

The post-9/11 consensus is crumbling, so America’s hawks are inventing fresh rhetoric to justify imperialist disasters.

The story of the country’s rise to dominance shows how it can step back.

The president says the generals hate him because he ends endless wars. That ain't it, chief.

“Spit hoods” are torture, and Daniel Prude is only the latest victim.

The “war on coronavirus” is lost. It's time for new pandemic metaphors—and a radically new culture of care.

The president wants to "re-open" the economy, and he's enlisting corporate America to rationalize the thousands more deaths that would ensue.