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War Crimes
May 9, 2022
Thomas Geoghegan
There’s No Good Reason for the United States to Stay out of the International Criminal Court
The war in Ukraine has rivetingly demonstrated how joining the body is in our national interest.
April 18, 2022
Dahlia Scheindlin
Here’s How to Convict Vladimir Putin of War Crimes
The wheels of international justice grind slowly, but they do grind. The law can catch up with the Russian autocrat.
March 2, 2022
Brian Till
Is Russia Targeting Ukraine’s Hospitals?
Two hospitals have been hit by bombs over the past week, and past wars show that Putin considers medical facilities to be fair game.
August 7, 2020
Zack Kopplin
How Mike Pompeo Built a Blood-for-Oil Pipeline
The State Department, a conservative-connected shell company, and a key Kurdish crime family team up to siphon Syrian oil for U.S. investors.
March 2, 2020
Adam Weinstein
60 Minutes
Celebrates a War Criminal
Why did the CBS program ignore a historic Afghanistan cease-fire to profile Eddie Gallagher, the Trump-pardoned Navy SEAL?
January 31, 2020
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Jake Bittle
Trump’s War Whisperer
"Fox & Friends Weekend" host Pete Hegseth has the president's ear on military matters.
January 17, 2020
Matt Farwell
We Have Reached Peak VetBro Brand
The entrepreneurial warriors' space is so saturated that a top shill now wants to make "Veteran" a brand unto itself, with a capital "V."
January 6, 2020
Matt Ford
Trump’s Next Impeachable Offense is Nigh
Congress may have no other choice but to redeploy the ultimate check against a rogue president bent on committing atrocities.
November 27, 2019
Waitman Wade Beorn
The War-Crimes Presidency
Believe what you're seeing: Donald Trump wants a brutal, lawless, loyal military.
November 19, 2019
Matt Farwell
The War Criminals I Have Known
Trump's clemencies were not just to exonerate three trigger-pullers, but to excuse all Americans.
May 20, 2019
Adam Weinstein
Who Actually Wants War Criminals Pardoned?
Trump's plan to free white service members accused of overseas atrocities both typifies and strengthens his Fox News feedback loop.
April 29, 2019
Annie Hylton
How the U.S. Became a Haven for War Criminals
With former Liberian militia leader Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu soon to be sentenced, others like him remain unprosecuted in the U.S.—even living alongside their victims.
February 24, 2015
Joel Gillin
Why Is the Wall Street Journal Dismissing Colombia's War Crimes?
December 31, 2014
Jessica Schulberg
Palestine Has Joined the International Criminal Court. Will Israel Face War-Crime Charges?
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