The 9/11 Wars
The Forever Wars Are Coming Home
If the people on the other side are extremists and terrorists, the sins of your own side can almost always be rationalized.
Special Investigations
The West Virginia Senator Reaps Big Financial Rewards From a Network of Coal Companies With Grim Records of Pollution, Safety Violations, and Death
Manchin’s claim that climate pollution would be worsened by the elimination of fossil fuels is highly dubious, if not outright false. What would unquestionably be impacted is his personal wealth.
The 9/11 Wars
For Two Decades, Americans Told One Lie After Another About What They Were Doing in Afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan was nasty and brutish, marked by the same imperial arrogance that doomed U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
The 9/11 Wars
As the Taliban Seize Cities, Desperate Afghans Are Trapped in an American-Made Fiasco
Since 2001, urban Afghans have enjoyed a return of ordinary freedoms. Now they have the most to lose.
Wiped Phones and the Battle for Evidence in Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's Prosecution
Phones belonging to top state health department officials were found with no text messages from January 2014 to October 2015.
Israel’s War on Gaza
On a Single Day in May, Israeli Settlers and Soldiers Cooperated in Attacks That Left Four Palestinians Dead
The unprecedented spate of joint assaults inaugurated a new era of terror for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Policing the Pipeline
Indigenous Water Protectors Face Off With an Oil Company and Police Over a Minnesota Pipeline
Pipeline opponents say an oil company and police use surveillance and divide-and-conquer strategies — hallmarks of corporate counterinsurgency.
Pentagon Undercounts and Ignores Military Sexual Assault in Africa
New documents on sexual assault in the U.S. military reveal failures in leadership and accountability at bases in Africa.
The Rise and Fall of the Ultimate Doomsday Prepper
Novelist Brad Thor thought he had found his doomsday-prepping soulmate, but then the End Times went bad.
How Pesticide Companies Corrupted the EPA and Poisoned America
Pesticide manufacturers that have long dodged regulation by the EPA now face billions in damages for causing cancer, brain damage, and Parkinson’s disease.