The repercussions of the strike on Soleimani are dangerous, but this is not 2003 all over again.
National Security
Posted inAmerica and the World
Protesters Reject Trump’s War Cries
In Washington and around the nation, the anti-war movement mobilizes for a just future for workers, the climate, and the world.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Best of 2019: America and the World
The Prospect’s managing editor looks back at some of the year’s finest.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Challenging the Narratives That Support Israeli Occupation
For nearly 50 years, the United States has run roughshod over Palestinian rights and international law, while giving Israel a blank check to do the same.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Left for Scrap at Camp Leatherneck
The U.S. war in Afghanistan has been remarkably expensive, wasteful, and destructive. As a first lieutenant, I experienced its absurdity firsthand.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Egypt’s President Stomps on the Press
Mada Masr, the last muckraking news site in Cairo, broke a story about El-Sisi’s son. On Sunday, Egyptian authorities broke into its office.
Posted inImpeachment
Fiona Hill Versus the Conspiracy Theorists
The ‘debunked’ Ukraine narrative, which Devin Nunes and other right-wing buffoons have advanced, is the handiwork of a serious adversary.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Sketchy Rehabilitation of George W. Bush
The Kennedy Center’s exhibition of paintings by the war-making president shows how quickly Washington can forget—and the big money that eases such forgetting.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Pentagon Awards Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract to Microsoft. Will Amazon Appeal?
Experts say Amazon could mount a strong protest to Microsoft’s victory.
