Newsletter The Only Man Who Could Have Stopped The Iraq War Is Dead Colin Powell chose to sell a war he knew was wrong. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis were unavailable for comment on his death
Newsletter Terrorism, Structural Racism, And Facebook The ‘radical indifference’ of the surveillance-capitalist giant reflects and entrenches a racialized understanding of political violence.
Newsletter Fear Itself In the post-9/11 era, police departments blur the lines that separate them from spy services. More and more Americans get the treatment the CIA gives our non-American comrades
Newsletter Yes, Why Not Let Abu Zubaydah Testify? On one hand: The CIA might not be able to get foreign spy services to torture people. On the other: A tortured man could pursue justice. 🤔
Newsletter Watching The FBI Lose, Destroy the Documents Justifying Surveillance What started as an audit of the Carter Page espionage investigation has expanded and “identified systemic noncompliance” with crucial surveillance constraints.
Newsletter Disparate Fronts: Seth Meyers, Press Freedom, and Our Abortion Fundraiser Just some random things thrown together as me and Sam report out larger stories. Also, an abortion-access fund update.
Newsletter ‘A More Sustainable And Agile Counterterrorism Approach’ An overlooked speech by Joe Biden’s White House homeland-security adviser points to a return to the Sustainable War on Terror. It looks like we’re at the end of the war’s end.
Newsletter Return to Little Pakistan: Mohammad Razvi Holds It Together During COVID-19, as after 9/11, the son of a bodega owner navigated the city’s power structure on behalf of his frightened neighbors. Part 3 in a series
Newsletter Return To Little Pakistan: Bobby Khan v. The Police An immigrant born to working-class activism stands up to an NYPD reborn in the CIA's image. Part 2 in a series
Newsletter Return To Little Pakistan: The Reign of Terror in Brooklyn after 9/11 Pundits and politicians declared America united while "unity” preyed upon New York City’s Muslim communities. We must never forget. Part 1 in a series
Members only Newsletter Ms. Marvel, the Intersectional X-Men, and the War on Terror: A Conversation Between Spencer Ackerman and Saladin Ahmed
Paid-members only Newsletter Ms. Marvel, the Intersectional X-Men, and the War on Terror: A Conversation Between Spencer Ackerman and Saladin Ahmed
Newsletter Over 900,000 People Dead, a ‘Vast Undercount,’ and $8 Trillion Looted These are the findings of the Costs of War Project. What would you rather have had for the $8,094 that you, personally, spent on the War on Terror?
Newsletter Victims of A Drone Strike, Momentarily Visible All eyes were on Kabul just in time to catch a glimpse of people the U.S. killed with its robot airframes. Will we look away now that U.S. troops have left Afghanistan?
Newsletter Biden Won't Free The Last Two Afghans at Guantanamo Bay The Taliban won. The president said the war is over. But Asadullah Haroon and Muhammad Rahim will have to wait on the Periodic Review Board.
Newsletter This Could Be the Next Afghan Insurgency Two leading anti-Taliban figures are ready to fight. One is a close CIA ally. What could possibly go wrong?
Newsletter ‘Deus Vult,’ Said The Cosmopolitans After 9/11, conservative Christians and contrarian secularist intellectuals entered an alliance of convenience against Islam. Guess whose priorities won out?
Newsletter White Replacement Theory v1.0 Is Returning Before they chanted it in Charlottesville, they saw it in “sharia law.” As MAGA struggles for a line on Afghanistan, they’re finding it in refugees Biden isn’t even letting in.
Newsletter Everything That Will Follow A Taliban Victory Is Still A Part of America's War Many Afghans are likely to suffer under the Taliban. The U.S. owes them reparations, not more bloodshed.
Newsletter REIGN OF TERROR Is Here My book about the War on Terror arrives today. The first skirmish over it points to what may follow.
