Real Clear Numbers: 101,000 US Casualties a Year
Alexander Cockburn:The psychological wounds of war will be with us for years to come.
Alexander Cockburn:The psychological wounds of war will be with us for years to come.
John Nichols:His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.
Jeremy Scahill:An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad.
Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater
Federal charges are filed against Blackwater guards accused of killing and maiming Iraqi civilians. But the company continues to operate in Iraq and its executives escape scrutiny.
The Editors : Barack Obama Administration
Dissenting views on Iraq and Afghanistan will have to come not from the hawkish national security team, but from outside Washington, and from Obama himself.
Robert Dreyfuss : Barack Obama Administration
Will Obama make good on his promise to end the war in Iraq?
Brett Story & VideoNation : US Military
A look at the brutal suppression of antiwar Iraq veterans highlights their continued struggle for justice.
Aaron Glantz : US Military
Most Americans want to put the war in Iraq behind them, but this feeling is based not on a coherent critique but on a kind of collective exhaustion.
Radio Nation : Voters & Voting
Peter Dreier and John Atlas explain the ACORN controversy, and explore the Republican rationale for keeping it in the news.
Chris Toensing : Non-Fiction
Three new books vividly portray the devastating impact of the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Robert Dreyfuss : Russia
A new and growing Sunni resistance movement in Iraq could shatter the false sense of post-surge calm--and it might get Russian support.
Alexander Cockburn : U.S. Economy
Obama's responses to the crises of the war and the failing economy are so flimsy, no wonder the GOP has so handily changed the subject.
Tom Hayden : Journalists & Journalism
Bob Woodward's new book on the Bush years in Iraq raises the possibility that extrajudicial killings--not the surge--were the biggest factor in reducing violence.
Eugene Richards : US Military
A 25-year-old certified medic, home from Iraq, can't escape the horrors of war.
Ari Melber : US Military
Citing security concerns, the Pentagon frowns on soldiers blogging about Iraq.
Center For Emerging Media : Convention 08
Rep. Jim McDermott and Nation editorial board member Tom Hayden discuss how the US can end the Iraq war quickly and responsibly.
Tom Hayden : Presidential Election 2008
In a huge setback for John McCain and the Bush Administration, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki endorses Barack Obama's timeline for withdrawal--and the presumptive Democratic nominee could reap a windfall.
The Editors : Presidential Election 2008
His plan to exit Iraq falls far short of the complete withdrawal most Americans want. But it's a place to start.
Chris Toensing
Getting out of Iraq responsibly isn't the impossible feat war supporters would have you think.
Tom Hayden : Presidential Election 2008
Obama's plan to de-escalate the war in Iraq only to ramp up another in Afghanistan just might work. It could also entrap the US in an even wider quagmire.
YouTube : John Edwards
Appearing on Good Morning America, John Edwards speaks out against false claims that Barack Obama has flip-flopped on Iraq.
Tom Hayden
The electorates in both countries are threatening to topple the principal warmakers at the ballot box.
Will Di Novi : Canada
American military defectors are waging a campaign to achieve political asylum in Canada. As the threat of deportation grows, the fate of hundreds of former soldiers and their families hangs in the balance.
Robert Scheer : Energy
We're drowning in pretended patriotism used to cover the lies that got us into Iraq, the defense of torture and violation of our basic liberties.
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Barack Obama got it right on Iraq six years ago. Now, perhaps, so can the rest of us.
Tom Hayden : US Military
His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
The Daily Show : Media Analysis
CBS News Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan feels responsible for Americans not understanding what's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Eugene Richards
In New Hampshire, a mother is reunited with her grievously wounded son.