ProPublica's interactive timeline tracks Bush administration policies on torture, detention and surveillance to see how much they've changed under President Obama.

A walk through the maze of national security spending.

Taylor's conviction is the first for a head of state since the Nuremberg Trials; Human rights groups call it "incredibly significant."

On International Human Rights Day, we're remembering Elie Wiesel's thoughts on our capacity for both good and evil.

The declassified 2006 memo reflects strong disagreement within the Bush administration over the constitutionality of enhanced interrogation techniques.

Three multimedia pieces offer a deeper look at Ross's life as British diplomat and Occupy activist.

In this excerpt from The Leaderless Revolution, Carne Ross explains why he resigned his post in the wake of the Iraq War.

Tallying the human, economic, social and environmental costs of a decade at war

Bill Moyers counsels President Obama to see America and the world as they are, not as he wishes them to be.

Bill Moyers and Bacevich explore the futility of “endless” wars and the rhetoric of American exceptionalism.