Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy Has Been a Near Total Failure. Two New Books Look at Why.
Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer are back — this time with dueling books about why U.S. foreign policy has utterly failed.
Justice
Voices
My Morehouse Brother Chinedu Okobi Died After Being Electrocuted by Police. Tasers Are Not “Less Lethal” Weapons.
Axon, the company formerly known as Taser, markets its electric shock guns as “less lethal,” but police keep killing people with these weapons.
Voices
Native American Sovereignty Is Under Attack. Here's How Elizabeth Warren's DNA Test Hurt Our Struggle.
Elizabeth Warren took the bait on Donald Trump's racist “Pocahontas” DNA challenge. Her reaction hurt more than she might realize.
Professor Was Improperly Punished for Israel Boycott Actions, Says Academic Group Cited in Punishment
The University of Michigan sanctioned a professor for not writing a recommendation letter based on AAUP rules. The AAUP now backs the professor.
The War on Immigrants
New Documents Bolster Case that Border Patrol Retaliated Against Humanitarian Group
Prosecutors said Border Patrol agents who arrested a No More Deaths activist in Arizona didn’t know about a critical report, but emails show otherwise.
As FBI Whistleblower Terry Albury Faces Sentencing, His Lawyers Say He Was Motivated by Racism and Abuses at the Bureau
Terry Albury could get up to 52 months in prison for leaking FBI documents. He'd come to believe the bureau harassed and intimidated minority communities.
“Relic of Another Era”: Most People on North Carolina’s Death Row Would Not Be Sentenced to Die Today
A new report reveals how the majority of North Carolina’s death row population was sentenced under antiquated, unfair laws.
Military Officials Aren’t Supposed to Associate With Hate Groups. So Why Are These Generals Speaking at Frank Gaffney’s Confab?
The military has codes of conduct that bar associating with hate groups. Frank Gaffney's Center for Security Policy is exactly that.
Making a Killing
Saudi Media Casts Khashoggi Disappearance as a Conspiracy, Claims Qatar Owns Washington Post
Saudi Arabia's government-controlled press wants you to believe that Qatar owns the Washington Post. (It doesn't.)
Making a Killing
Jamal Khashoggi Wasn’t the First — Saudi Arabia Has Been Going After Dissidents Abroad for Decades
“The case of Jamal Khashoggi, unfortunately, is only the tip of the iceberg."