Obits Black Out Claims That Reagan Conspired to Keep Hostages in Iran Until After 1980 Election
Obituaries for Abolhassan Bani-Sadr, Iran's first post-revolution president, largely left out his claims about the "October Surprise."
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We Can Shut Down the Crimes Exposed by the Pandora Papers — If We Want
Crushing the tax haven racket is a big political challenge, but the steps needed are straightforward and simple.
Sarah Everard’s Killer Got a Life Sentence, but the System That Enabled Him Remains
Even after Wayne Couzens’s crime, U.K. Parliament is considering a bill to give police greater authority to arrest people.
$3.5 Trillion for the Build Back Better Agenda Is Much, Much Less Money Than You Think
This big, scary-sounding number represents just 1.2 percent of U.S. GDP over the next 10 years.
America's Generals Are Cowards. Fire Them All.
The Kabul bombing reveals a cadre of generals who lack the courage to admit the dishonor of killing civilians.
Four Months Ago, Biden Said Haiti Wasn’t Safe. Now He’s Deporting Thousands There.
The Biden administration is using a Trump-era policy to justify mass deportations — only Biden is doing it at a faster pace.
Happy Birthday, Occupy Wall Street
Ten years later, the Democratic Party ignores Occupy Wall Street’s warnings at its own peril.
The Guantánamo Bay Internment Camp Is an Unresolved Vestige of the American Occupation of Afghanistan
The 20-year conflict will not be fully resolved until the issue of prisoners of war has been justly settled.
The Most Terrifying Thing About 9/11 Was America’s Response
The fear I experienced that terrible day in New York doesn’t begin to compare with the dread I’ve developed watching our path since.
General Failure: How the U.S. Military Lied About the 9/11 Wars
For generals like David Petraeus and Lloyd Austin, there has been no punishment for 20 years of disinformation on Afghanistan and Iraq.