A new report from an independent task force finds that the Bush administration committed torture.

In a wide-ranging audio chat, the Democracy Now! host explains why independent media is essential to democracy.

Last year, 29 current and recent students of Chicago's Harper High School were shot. Eight of them died. What's it like to live amidst persistent gun violence?

Journalist Chris Hedges marks the day Phil Donahue was fired by MSNBC for opposing the war in Iraq as the day that TV news became a "carnival act."

Is there a “conspiracy of silence” over the anniversary of our invasion of Iraq?

With help from 'Blasty the Drone', political cartoonist Mark Fiore targets Rand Paul's filibuster and President Obama's drone war at home and abroad.

"What does it say about a society when its morals and ethics on the treatment of captives go into reverse?" asks writer Nick Turse.

In this web extra, Nick Turse tells Bill how the violence asked of soldiers affects their mental health when they leave the military.

Journalist Nick Turse describes his unprecedented efforts to compile a complete and compelling account of the Vietnam War’s horror.

Journalist Nick Turse shares the stories of some of those terrorized by the U.S. military during the decade-long war.