Syrians need to prepare for the aftermath if the Assad regime falls. Atrocities that could be considered war crimes have been committed in this country, and Syrians should rightly demand that the perpetrators be held accountable. Richard Engel accountableaftermathassad share on social
In the nineteenth century, in part because a ton of American men moved west, in part because of the Civil War, and in part because of trepidation about marriage, which was then a very confining institution, there was a big population of women - mostly middle-class white women on the East Coast - who didn't marry. Rebecca Traister americanbigcentury share on social
WikiLeaks published the Afghan War Logs and U.S. diplomatic cables stolen from a classified network by an Army private. Rebecca MacKinnon afghanarmycable Change image and share on social
When the Lebanese Civil War started in 1975, I was 15. I was shipped to boarding school in England and, after that, to UCLA. Rabih Alameddine boardcivilengland Change image and share on social
The London I entered was a great bustling metropolitan city at war, an imperial power fighting to hold on to that empire. And the teeming colonial subjects of that empire did not, on the whole, want England to lose that war, but they also did not want the empire to emerge unchanged from it. This, for very many of us, was the hard dilemma. Peter Abrahams bustlecitycolonial share on social
The first war plan has failed because of Iraqi resistance. Now they are trying to write another war plan. Clearly, the American war planners misjudged the determination of the Iraqi forces. Peter Arnett americandeterminationfail Change image and share on social
Reagan won the Cold War by first restoring America's economy and military and then staring down an economically weakened Soviet Union. He knew defeating Russia couldn't be accomplished without laying the groundwork. Kathleen Troia McFarland accomplishamericacold share on social
Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other. More doctors compete with each other. More pharmaceutical companies. We set up war. Wait a minute, let's talk about the patient. The patient doesn't need a war. Donald Berwick carecompanycompete share on social
I started photographing people on the street during World War II. I used a little box Brownie. Nothing too expensive. Bill Cunningham boxbrownieexpensive Change image and share on social
From its inception, South Vietnam was only considered to be an outpost in the war against communism. Nguyen Cao Ky communismconsiderinception Change image and share on social