Military

Trump’s Own Forever War

Harrison Berger / Responsible Statecraft Sep 14, 2026 With few good options available, the U.S. has left little hope for peace in the Middle East any time soon. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Opinion

Among the Rescuers at Ground Zero, Where Lives Were Ground to Dust

Christopher Ketcham / Truthdig Sep 11, 2026 A remembrance of a New Yorker of the day from hell. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Activism

The Anti-War Lessons of the Forever Wars

Mark Engler / Waging Nonviolence Sep 11, 2026 Historian Jeremy Varon on building counternarratives and what we can learn from the movement that turned the tide against the Iraq War. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Ear to the Ground

Twenty-Five Years After: The Toxic Legacy of 9/11

Truthdig staff / Truthdig Sep 10, 2026 Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Column

‘Vive La (Sanitized) Résistance!’

Chris Lord / Truthdig Sep 10, 2026 A sleeper hit biopic about Charles De Gaulle and the Vichy-era Resistance is scrambling national memory ahead of France’s high-stakes election on Sept. 27. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

The ‘War on Terror’ Was a War of Terror

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Sep 9, 2026 After 9/11, fear and rage blended into high octane for a war machine set for large-scale killing. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Middle East

The War on Iran: Six Months of Epic Failure

Joe Cirincione / Truthdig Sep 3, 2026 Trump’s illegal, unauthorized, unnecessary war is the worst strategic defeat in U.S. history. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll testifies

Politics

Vance Allies Leave the Administration in Droves

Connor Echols, Kelley Beaucar Vlahos / Responsible Statecraft Sep 2, 2026 Army Secretary Dan Driscoll isn't the first official to be squeezed out or exit with little explanation. It's not hard to figure out what they all have in common. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )