What lessons have liberals learned from recent interventions? The answer isn't clear—but it will matter when the next crisis hits.
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Progressive support for democracy promotion and military intervention ignores our dismal history. A response to Rosa Brooks and Tom Perriello.
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The use of force always entails grave dangers and human costs, and progressives have been leery particularly since the Vietnam era of supporting it, even to prevent or end mass atrocities, repression, and other systematic human suffering. Wise leaders will...
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Our FOIA system was once the world’s gold standard. Here’s how it became sclerotic—and what we need to do to fix it.
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“Shame is for sissies”: inside the ugly world of American lobbyists for corrupt and violent governments.
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John Lewis wasn’t much of a legislator. But he was still one of the most revered Congress members of his era.
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