Paid-members only The War Abroad The One Surefire Thing Biden Can Do To Stop Houthi Attacks on Shipping Hint: Biden doesn't seem like he's going to do it. But it'll both work and pay the biggest of dividends. PLUS: RIP to a Guantanamo attorney.
The War Abroad "We Have To Strike Back At The Houthis" Our last edition of 2023 asks: who's ready to Americanize the war in Yemen? PLUS: A Palestinian case before the European Court of Human Rights.
Paid-members only The Nation A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming (Director's Cut) After a transformative year on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers’ ambitions for building worker power don’t stop at the US border.
The War Abroad Somalis Whose Relatives Were Killed by U.S. Strikes 'Have Yet To Receive Acknowledgement' A letter human rights groups sent to the Pentagon indicates that the U.S. has reverted its typical callousness. PLUS: 'From The River To The Sea,' a free eBook I contributed to
Chromium Cover My Life in No-Impact Journalism The fourth-issue finale of WALLER VS. WILDSTORM is here. And this final behind-the-scenes post of mine will contain major spoilers, so read the issue first.
The War at Home College Students Could Never Give Hamas As Much Money As Netanyahu Did Hey, Anti-Defamation League, I hear you're really concerned about who commits material support for terrorism! PLUS: A free screening of the groundbreaking documentary 'Israelism'!
The War Abroad The Future of Warfare Is Happening In Gaza Gaza is not just a (war-) crime scene, it's an AI laboratory. And it's clarifying that the point of AI-enabled war isn't precision—it's scale.
The War Abroad My Kissinger Obit for ‘Rolling Stone’ A few notes on "Henry Kissinger, War Criminal Beloved by America’s Ruling Class, Finally Dies." If you like this piece, you'll love WALLER VS. WILDSTORM
Paid-members only The War at Home The Enduring Surveillance Act of 2023 Here comes the legislative vehicle to save the expiring NSA and FBI surveillance powers called Section 702. Its (predictable) offer to reformers is: nothing!
Paid-members only The War Abroad Meanwhile, in The West Bank The quasi-ceasefire in Gaza will thankfully last into Wednesday. But the West Bank continues to be riven by Israeli violence and displacement
Paid-members only The War Abroad Peace Is Built, Not Handed Out A pause in the bombing and a hostage release is the first sign of hope since Oct. 7. But the U.S. is bombing Iraq now, and the deal doesn't constrain Israel in the West Bank
Newsletter The Antisemite Defense League To Elon Musk's rescue rides the ADL's Jonathan Greenblatt. When you conflate Anti-Zionism and antisemitism, it's a short step to saying only Anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
Paid-members only The Nation Gaza Shows The Difference Between International Law And The 'Rules-Based International Order' (Director's Cut) Gaza Shows The Difference Between International Law And The 'Rules-Based International Order' (Director's Cut)
The War Abroad Usama bin Laden Was Bad, In Case I Really Have To Explain That Sure, it's social-media manipulation pushing us to the Edgelord Singularity. But just because you were lied to about UBL doesn't make him redeemable.
Paid-members only The War Abroad A Ceasefire/Hostage Release Might Have Saved These Elite U.S. Soldiers It's been a simply horrific past 72 hours in Gaza, as Israel besieges hospitals and the latest round of U.S.-Iranian escalation unfolds.
The War at Home The Anti-Surveillance Coalition's Highest-Stakes Gamble They're leveraging the renewal of Section 702 for by far the most sweeping surveillance reform since 9/11. But won't 702 immediately be used against Palestinians and their allies?
Paid-members only The Nation The Weekend Biden’s Middle East Policy Collapsed (Director's Cut) Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s diplomatic trip was a humiliating failure. The administration’s regional approach has gone down in flames
Newsletter Pentagon Confirms U.S. Drone Presence Over Gaza They're not armed, DOD says. But drone footage, especially cumulatively, provides Biden a substantial look at the realities Israel is creating on the ground.
The War Abroad U.S. Hostage Rescue Is A 'Contingency' for U.S. Special Ops in Israel It isn't the mission for elite U.S. forces, according to a senior Pentagon official. But it's an option—and one that the Biden team has to be very careful about.
Paid-members only The Nation The Anti-Defamation League Is Defaming Palestinian Students as Terrorist Supporters (Director's Cut) The group is urging hundreds of colleges to investigate Students for Justice in Palestine for material support for terrorism. Sept. 11 politics are back in force.
The War Abroad Video: How Israel Is Repeating The U.S.' Post-9/11 Mistakes I spoke with DW, the German news outlet, about the "grim chain of consequences" known as the War on Terror, and how Israel's devastation of Gaza follows the template. PLUS: Amalek in Gaza
The War Abroad U.S. Bombs Iran in Syria And Tries To Call Time-Out As it struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps positions in Syria, the Pentagon insisted that it's neither part of Israel's war and it doesn't want to fire again. Good luck with that
Paid-members only The Nation The Lesson of 9/11 Is That Israel Cannot Win Its Gaza War Biden says he doesn’t want Israel to repeat America’s mistakes, so why is he supporting Israel as it does exactly that?
Newsletter Talking Israel/Palestine on The Ezra Klein Show PLUS: the Pentagon sees "a prospect for much more significant escalation," while the King of Jordan has a message about U.S. leadership in light of Gaza.
