Saudi Arabia is using billions in U.S. aid to fund their onslaught of innocent civilians in Yemen, but it’s not too late for Congress to stop this madness.
U.S. Weapons Sales Are Drenched in Yemeni Blood
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The Coming Drone Blowback
The U.S. conducts drone strikes worldwide with relative impunity. But when the first strike hits the United States, the real blowback will begin.
This Regulatory Move Stopped $35 Billion in Tax Avoidance from One Merger Alone
One of the seedier tax tricks of U.S. corporations has been to merge with foreign firms — without actually moving their operations overseas.
To End North Korea’s Nuclear Program, End the Korean War
Pyongyang’s latest nuclear test may be a last-ditch effort to get on the U.S. agenda before Obama leaves office and a hawkish new president comes in.
Obama: The Fairy-Tale President?
Obama’s made a lot of Faustian bargains over the last seven years. But given his likely successors, what we got over the last two terms may be as good as it gets.
Five Signs the Drone War Is Undermining the ‘War on Terror’
As leaked documents obtained by the Intercept reveal, the drone war is likely creating more terrorists than it’s killing.
The Star Trek Fallacy
The impulse to “boldly go” has gotten humanity into a mess of trouble.
Obama’s War on Whistleblowers Claims Its Latest Victim
Jeffrey Sterling learned the hard way that the feds will throw the book at anyone who embarrasses them.
Carrots for Cuba, Sticks for North Korea
As one cold war thaws, another refreezes.
The Syrian Labyrinth
Reese Erlich’s new book on Syria combines on-the-ground reporting with an encyclopedic background in the region’s history.