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War on Terror
The National Security Exception Was Never Going to Stop at Prosecuting Muslims
For 25 years, the US ran a parallel legal system targeting Muslims. It now reaches activists, immigrants, and the left.
Walking September 11’s Other Crime Scenes
Millions had fled along the highway I had taken. Behind them Iraq was riven, its wounds pried open and left unsutured.
Bush, With Legacy of Torture, Unveils Portrait Book of “Political Prisoners”
The war on terror and PATRIOT Act president is releasing a book of portraits of dissenters called “The Call of Freedom.”
25 Years Later, We Still Live in the World the War on Terror Made
The war on terror was not inevitable, nor was the extraordinary violence carried out in its name necessary.
Trump Renews Post-9/11 National Emergency for 25th Year in a Row
The US’s post-9/11 wars have cost the country at least $8 trillion in military costs, research recently found.
“War on Terror” Led to Iran War, Gaza Genocide, and ICE Repression
Trump posed as a “war on terror" critic, but he just waged it more violently and expansively, says Spencer Ackerman.
The “War on Terror” Was a War of Terror
This year’s unprovoked bombings of Iran signify how US foreign policy comes full spiral.
US Declares Palestine Action “Terrorist” Group in Latest McCarthyist Crackdown
The “clear goal” of the move is “targeting a few to silence the many,” said UN human rights expert Francesca Albanese.
Trump Is Already Outpacing His First-Term Record Number of Airstrikes on Somalia
The Trump administration cut humanitarian aid to Somalia while continuing to pound it with military airstrikes.
The State’s War on the Left Didn’t Begin With Trump — But He’s Escalating It
Trump’s war on the left blends “war on terror” language with Cold War McCarthyism.