Two Decades Into Forever Wars, the Pentagon Finally Unveils Plan to Reduce Civilian Casualties
Experts cautiously praise the 36-page blueprint but stress its success or failure will depend on how it is implemented.
World
The Saudi Lobby Builds Back Better
It’s no surprise that Joe Biden failed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah.” But from Hollywood to academia, Saudi interests have returned to industries that once vowed to cast them off.
Moderna Among Firms Quietly Granted Powers to Seize Patent Rights During Early Days of Covid Pandemic
American-made coronavirus treatments were accelerated using the very type of involuntary patent sharing the drug industry has decried.
The Coronavirus Crisis
Laying Bare the Secrets of the Pandemic
A new archive will help researchers and journalists make sense of the early days of Covid-19.
Biden Ignores the Injustice of Israel Killing a Palestinian American Journalist
One hundred days after the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, the Biden administration has failed to launch an investigation.
In Chile, Even Water Is Privatized. The New Constitution Would Change That.
In the midst of a devastating drought, Chileans vote to replace the Pinochet-era constitution with one that calls water a human right.
Israel’s War on Gaza
Americans Rarely See the True Face of Israel's Bombing of Gaza
By shying away from graphic images of death, news organizations sanitize the violence of Israeli aggression against Palestinians.
Why Is the UAE Detaining an American Lawyer Who Worked With Jamal Khashoggi?
The D.C. narrative holds that Asim Ghafoor was locked up for being Khashoggi’s lawyer. The slain journalist’s widow says he wasn’t.
Voices
Al Qaeda’s Zawahiri Would Have Made a Great American Pundit
Zawahiri’s rhetorical style would have fit right into the U.S. political spectrum.
Voices
Why No One Cared That Al Qaeda Honcho Zawahiri Got Droned
That Zawahiri’s killing went so quietly suggests that the cultural and political behemoth that was the war on terror had long preceded him into the grave.