Now You See Them… Now You Don’t
Women Leaders and Trump 2.0 Karen J. Greenberg Tom Dispatch It’s been a tough couple of months for women officials in Washington — or, more accurately, in Trumpland. In early…
“Will the Forever Wars Ever End?”: The War on Terror 23 Years Later
The 23rd anniversary of 9/11 prompts reflection on how the Global War on Terror transformed American norms and laws, questioning the continuance of outdated policies like the 2001 AUMF and…
Sunsetting the War on Terror — Or Not
The Stubborn Legacy of America's Response to 9/11
The Forever War’s Forever Legacy
Shutting Down Gitmo Is Hardly the Last Step.
Blindman’s Bluff
America’s Continuing Quest to Hide Torture.
Will America’s Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden’s Watch?
It’s hard to fathom how Gitmo was opened, no less how it’s lasted for 7,627 days.
Is There an Off-Ramp From the Latest Forever War?
Consider what lessons — if either our leaders or the Russian president were rational creatures when it came to such endless wars — might be drawn from America’s Global War…
Bush and Obama Set the Stage for Donald Trump’s Document Grab
While past presidents like George W. Bush and Barack Obama didn’t stagger out of the White House loaded down with secret documents, secrecy has been the name of the only…
The Veneer of Accountability Is Wearing Thin in 21st-Century America
Even before the Samuel Alito opinion on Roe v. Wade became public, our justice system was headed for the nearest drain.
Our Ukraine Wake-Up Call
Karen Greenberg paints a picture of a planet in which the local and the global are becoming one and the same in a genuinely frightening fashion.
Guantánamo’s Forever Elusive Endgame
Will we "celebrate" its 30th anniversary?
America’s Warmongers Are Still Unrepentant
Ironically, while a number Americans least responsible for the horrors of the last two decades have directly or indirectly placed a critical lens on their own actions (or lack thereof),…
The Endless Shadow of the War on Terror
However unsuccessful, the war on terror will continue. The only difference: It won’t be called a war anymore.