Trauma Doctors Take on the NRA and Gun Violence
“I see more gunshot wounds as a trauma surgeon here in the United States per week than I did when I was serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan,” says Dr. Mallory Williams, chief of the Division of Trauma…
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The Untold Story of Transgender Asylum Seekers in ICE Detention at Cibola
“I decided to come to the U.S. to save my life,” says Luz, a transgender asylum seeker, in Sylvia Johnson’s short documentary Luz’s Story. In Honduras, Luz was shot multiple times by gang members who…
Trump Is Blocking Big Change in the U.S.-Saudi Alliance
An effort is under way in Washington to fundamentally overhaul, if not end, a decades-old American alliance—but it didn’t come at the direction of the alliance-skeptical Donald Trump. The president, in…
Joe Biden’s Iraq Decisions Haunt Him in 2020
If Joe Biden wins the 2020 presidential election, he will be haunted by an old problem: the U.S. war in Iraq.It’s an issue he has struggled with since 2002, when he cast a Senate vote that led to the U.S.…
Confessions of a Russian Spy
“For so many years, two persons were inside of me,” says Deniss Metsavas, a former Russian spy. In a new documentary from The Atlantic, Metsavas tells the disturbing story of his double identity for the very first time.Metsavas, who…
Visiting Omaha Beach Before D-Day’s 75th Anniversary
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France—The first thing you notice, at the end of the narrow roads that lead to this precipice, is how peaceful this place is. The cliffs are thick with rough green vegetation and drop…
The Atomic Soldiers: U.S. Veterans, Used as Guinea Pigs, Break the Silence
Nearly everyone who’s seen it and lived to tell the tale describes it the same way: a horrifying, otherworldly thing of ghastly beauty that has haunted their life ever since.“The colors were…
U.S. and South Korea Gear Up for Burden-Sharing Talks
SEOUL, South Korea—“If the United States believes that it doesn’t need an alliance with the Republic of Korea, I would say it’s okay. If the United States doesn’t want the alliance, we don’t have to beg…
John Walker Lindh Is Leaving Prison. Now What?
John Walker Lindh, the “American Taliban,” is leaving prison. When the young Californian began serving his sentence for the crime of supporting the group—nearly two decades ago—he was 21, and America was…
Three Border Crossings: One Immigrant’s Journey
In January of last year, Mireya called me to say she was going to Juárez.She had been living undocumented in the United States for 25 years, but now she was applying for permanent residency. The final…