Op-Ed

When America forgets its longest wars, and especially when Americans forget the legacies of these wars, it's more than history that suffers.

Adapting to climate change will carry a high price tag.

Billionaires and politicians with little or no background in teaching are using standardized testing to punish our nationu2019s youth and educators.

“I reported on the imminent normalization of US relations with Cuba 20 years ago.”

Torture has a very specific political function that has nothing to do with the gathering of “intelligence.”

A hired-gun economist who is actually competent probably doesn't have the kind of blithe certainty in right-wing dogma that his employers want.

Too many liberals claim to oppose Israeli expansion in the West Bank, but object strenuously to anyone trying to stop it.

The emergence of the PKK as a deterrent to the Sunni jihadists and the Islamic State has led to discomfort in the West.

California remains emblematic of the American dream - and of how that has become a nightmare.

Globalization and rising inequality are contributing to the growing lack of confidence in democratic institutions.