Maha Hilal / TomDispatchMay 1, 2024
20 years after the Iraq War prison scandal, victims are still in court and Washington is still trying to forget. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Brett Wilkins / Common DreamsApr 16, 2024
Two decades after being brutally tortured, three Iraqis have brought a lawsuit against the U.S. military contractors responsible. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Karen Greenberg / TomDispatchNov 21, 2019
George Orwell warned that a “lack of precision” in language can destabilize entire societies. America's 45th president is living proof. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / TruthdigSep 16, 2019
American intelligence agencies are the nation’s enemy from within and the Praetorian Guard of sinister forces. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigJul 23, 2019
Aggressive policing, mass incarceration and inhumane detention facilities are products of overseas empire—imperial chickens come home to roost. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigJun 20, 2019
Not that Americans are paying attention, but there are important lessons to heed from the collapse of democracy in Egypt. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigJun 11, 2019
If we care about our civil liberties, we owe it to ourselves to defend our whistleblowers, whatever we may think about them personally. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / TruthdigJun 6, 2019
The government has failed to learn crucial lessons from prior war crimes. The American people will pay the price. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Robert Scheer / TruthdigJul 20, 2018
U.S. soldiers in My Lai, Vietnam, "didn't just kill babies," the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist tells Robert Scheer in a wide-ranging interview. "They were throwing infants up and catching them on their bayonets." Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )
Chris Hedges / TruthdigApr 15, 2018
This article was first posted in 2017 shortly after the U.S. fired missiles into Syria in reaction to reports that the government there had used chemical weapons. In it, Chris Hedges argues that the Middle East will not know peace until the U.S. leaves the region. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
VIPS / ConsortiumnewsMar 27, 2018
Two dozen former U.S. intelligence officers cite torture she oversaw while supervising a black site prison, and her role in destroying evidence. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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