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Evasive Maneuvers
Journalists learn what to do if they're captured in Afghanistan -- or rural Virginia.
October 14, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey

The Specter of Containment
Should we approach today's nuclear threats using Cold War policy?
October 2, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

Convenient Untruths
A 9/11 Commission lawyer catalogues the deceptions that mounted in the attack's wake.
September 16, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

The Hurt Locker as Propaganda
For a supposedly anti-war film, Kathryn Bigelow's Hurt Locker serves as a remarkably effective military recruiting tool.
July 17, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

Keeping Secrets
Lawyers and shrinks have privilege; journalists should, too. But it's not that simple.
June 5, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey

Our Man in Kabul
Richard Holbrooke learned some hard lessons in Vietnam. Now he is applying them to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
March 30, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey

You Can Handle the Truth
After eight years of a notoriously secret executive branch, Obama seems willing to consider opening the vault to historians and journalists alike.
March 9, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey

A Piecemeal Approach to Undoing Bush's Wrongs
Congress and Obama are unlikely to conduct high-profile hearings to hold Bush administration officials accountable. But they probably will investigate -- and repeal -- much of the wrongdoing on a case-by-case basis.
February 23, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey

How Bush Broke the Government
To gain a true sense of Bush's legacy, we survey the systematic and politically motivated ways he undermined the federal government.
January 5, 2009 | By Tara McKelvey, Te-Ping Chen, Meredith Kolodner, Esther Kaplan, Carolyn Petri, Sheila Kaplan, LaNitra Walker, Alyssa Rosenberg, Ann Friedman and Emily Douglas

Damaged Heroes
Four recent films reveal how America sees its Iraq War veterans.
November 24, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey

The Cult of Counterinsurgency
A quiet revolution in the U.S. military has resurrected Vietnam-era strategies to fight the war on terrorism. Retired Lt. Col. John Nagl makes counterinsurgency seem so appealing that it's easy to forget its dark side.
November 20, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey

Distress Signal
One Iraq veteran's suicide shows the human cost of the overburdened VA medical system, and the tragedies that occur when the care of veterans is delayed or insufficient.
November 10, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

Man Without a Shadow: An Interview with Barton Gellman
Barton Gellman, author of Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency, reveals the inner workings of one of the most secretive offices in history.
October 9, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

A Polaroid of War
The new HBO miniseries Generation Kill perfectly captures the mundane details of military life, but it lacks the emotional depth that any truly accurate depiction of war should have.
August 8, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

The Men Behind Generation Kill
TAP talks with David Simon, executive producer of Generation Kill, the new HBO series about the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and Evan Wright, author of the book on which it is based.
July 11, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

Beyond Hillary: 7 Democratic Women to Watch
Profiles of the next generation of progressive women political leaders.
June 23, 2008 | By Ann Friedman, Anabel Lee, Te-Ping Chen, Stephanie Gray, Tara McKelvey, Holly Yeager and Adam Doster

Combat Fatigue
As returning veterans suffer post-traumatic stress disorder in record numbers, a controversial new drug is being tested that would dampen their memories.
June 23, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey

The Officers' War
The case of Iraq War opponent Lt. Ehren Watada reveals the toll the war has taken on career military personnel. Though his refusal to serve in Iraq is unusual, his disenchantment with the war is not.
June 3, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey

Power Grab
Two new books, one by a Boston Globe reporter, the other by the former head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel, recount the Bush administration's efforts to expand the presidential powers at the expense of the law.
March 14, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey

Black Hawk's Gamble
Black Hawk is one of three Colorado towns that decided to allow limited-stakes gambling. Residents have learned the hard way that the house always wins.
March 10, 2008 | By Tara McKelvey

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