After fighting the longest war in its history, the United States stands at the brink of defeat in Afghanistan.
How can this be possible? How could the world’s sole superpower have battled continuously for 15 years, deploying 100,000 of…
Can evil deeds be made good by good intention? Sam Quinones’s book Dreamland weaves together several threads of the story of American opiate addiction and forces the reader to confront that question.
The marines are the best-equipped — and widely considered the most reliable — force within the Mexican military. As cartel violence metastasized, the marines emerged as the go-to force for taking down drug lords with daring helicopter raids. The marines…
Cuando el convoy estadounidense cruza la frontera, un policía saluda con la cabeza a través de la ventanilla. “Bienvenidos a Juárez”, dice. La agente del FBI Kate Macer mira hacia la ciudad. Varios cadáveres desnudos y mutilados cuelgan bajo un…
When the convoy of Americans crosses the border, an agent nods his head out the window. “Welcome to Juarez,” he says. FBI agent Kate Macer looks out at the city. Naked, mutilated corpses hang below a bridge.
