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.

Trump, Biden, and other politicians are adopting military rhetoric to comfort Americans. But what they’re really saying is cause for worry.

Why did the CBS program ignore a historic Afghanistan cease-fire to profile Eddie Gallagher, the Trump-pardoned Navy SEAL?

Trump's boasts and lies about the conflict with Iran perfectly encapsulate America's petty, TV-addled, and increasingly degenerate president.

Can we avoid the pitfalls of 2003 to build a broadly popular anti-war movement?

Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo, who urged Trump to kill Qassem Soleimani, are ardent proponents of Christian Zionism.

The Soleimani assassination and its aftermath suggest that America's top diplomat is really the viceroy of its national security establishment.

The fatal strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has destabilized the world, endangered Americans, and thrilled Republican war hawks.

A brother's death. An honorable discharge. And a harrowing reentry to civilian life.

The Afghanistan Papers reflect what we soldiers knew on the ground: "Victory" was always an empty talking point.

A newly released trove of Iranian intelligence communiqués demonstrates the deeper folly of U.S. adventurism in the Middle East.