It’s Time to Rein in Lethal AI Drones
September 1, 2026 | Humans need to act, as AI agents scheme in the digital shadows.
Articles by Rebecca Gordon
Meanwhile, in El Salvador
May 11, 2026 | Gangs and climate change drive migration and autocracy in Central America.
The American Gulag 2026
April 17, 2026 | People die while companies profit as concentration camps metastasize across America.
American Exceptionalism on Full Display
January 9, 2023 | Russia and the United States both hold themselves above the law and beyond accountability.
Trump Never Did End The ‘Forever Wars.’ Will Biden?
January 4, 2021 | Little in Biden’s history or appointments suggests he’s inclined to end America’s permanent war posture. But empires are not sustained by inclination alone.
We May Be on the Verge of a Return to the Bush Administration’s Worst Abuses
April 11, 2017 | The Trump administration may be preparing to bring back torture, extraordinary rendition, and indefinite detention — with Neil Gorsuch's help.
Trump’s Passion for Military Men Will Take Us Back to King George
March 8, 2017 | In real life, human memories work better than they do in Orwell’s 1984. Or do they?
Counting the Crimes of the War on Terror
June 15, 2016 | Maybe we'll never see America's torturers behind bars. They should still have to tell the truth about what they did.