- By Amy Goodman
An independent bipartisan task force has concluded that it is "indisputable" the United States engaged in torture and the George W. Bush administration bore responsibility.
- By Amy Goodman
Reporter Mark Mazzetti tracks the transformation of the CIA and U.S. special operations forces into man-hunting and killing machines
- By Amy Goodman
We are being given lessons in morality [by world leaders] while tens of thousands are being killed, while whole countries are shattered, while whole civilizations are driven back decades, if not centuries, and everything continues as normal
Democracy Now and MSNBC had one of the best TV coverages of the 10th anniversary of the Iraq war. Fox News? Not so much. You would think they would be proud of a war they almost single-handedly ginned up.
- By Amy Goodman
In 2003, the legendary television host Phil Donahue was fired from his prime-time MSNBC talk show during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. The problem was not Donahue’s ratings, but rather his views.
- By Amy Goodman
In a world filled with lying, cheating, stealing, and other inconsistencies of human decent behavior, Democracy Now often stands above the fold.
- By Chris Hedges
"Kill Anything That Moves" is not the book Nick Turse set out to write. He was, when his research began in June 2001, a graduate student looking at post-traumatic stress disorder among Vietnam veterans.
- By Staff
The despicable stereotype that the black man is to be feared from the get go has long lived in the south. Many injustices have been tolerated by the white population at the mere hint of "you should be afraid, be very very afraid..."
- By R. Jennings
Ten years ago, the Bush Administration, which we now known to have had too many court jesters, pimps, and liars, ginned up the case for war. It was clear, the fix was in. It was a hoax. Looking back, admitting one is wrong 2, 4, 10 years later is problematic for most, but knowing a mistake is being made in advance and then having to watch it unfold day after grueling day is truly painful.
In this documentary, many of those who were sources for the book “Hubris” appear on camera for the first time. One of them, Mark Rossini, was then an FBI counter-terrorism agent detailed to the CIA.
- By Staff
If the sorrow of war can be told in pictures, then the weeping for the Syrian people must be immense. Below are photo galleries from from different media sources around the world.
- By Staff
Obama's record on civil liberties is dismal at best and many on the left contend it is worse than the previous administration's record under George W. Bush, although one might contend their memory is shorter than accurate. Updated Feb 11
One of the most powerful rituals in which we currently engage is the highly stylized way we think about warfare. Why is it that, knowing as we do the horrendous damage war does to everything it touches, we still speak the language of glory and victory?
- By Tim Ryan
Darwin suggested that togetherness and cooperation, like the kind we saw initially on 9/11, is positively adaptive for human beings. According to Dacher Keltner — a professor at the University of California at Berkeley — “Survival of the kindest” is as important a principle as “survival of the fittest.” “We have been designed to care about...”
Phil Donahue talked about his documentary, Body of War, and answered viewer calls and electronic communications.
Democracy Now speaks with journalist Neil Shea, who has reported on Afghanistan and Iraq since 2006 for Stars and Stripes and other publications. Shea discusses his experiences witnessing disturbing behavior during his travels with U.S. troops in Afghanistan and offers insight into understanding the massacre of 16 Afghan civilians.
- By R Jennings
There were no parades, no celebrations, and few paid much attention as the Iraq War came to an end. One thing clear now to most is that the Americans and the Brits were hustled into war. Many of these folks doing the hustling are still around.
Not long ago, nuclear war was possible between Pakistan and India. Yet interviews with both societies indicated they did not fear nuclear war. First of all, many of them don’t even know what a nuclear device is. Many don’t remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki...
- By R Jennings
Will an obscure paragraph dispatched to the London Times by reporter James Hider in Baghdad prove a knockout punch to John McCain's presidential bid? If true it is a indictment against further similar photo ops with our troops in Iraq. If false then it would lend credibility to McCain's charge the mainstream press is not accurately reporting the news from Baghdad.
Report:World May Face New Nuclear Arms Race. Fear of new American military capabilities is spurring nuclear powers like Russia and China to modernize their atomic arsenals and evade disarmament, according to a new report from a US-British think tank.
As Baghdad becomes the focus of a fierce war that is gathering momentum every day, many around the world are fearing the worst. But fear is the worst emotion we can give into at this time, for it is the greatest divider. Fear divides people from one another?