Rebecca Gordon is the author of Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States. She teaches in the philosophy department at the University of San Francisco. She is a member of the War Times/Tiempo de Guerras collective.
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The Saudi-Led War on Yemen Has Been Devastating. Why is the U.S. Helping?
Despite Tuesday's announcement they'd cut some arms sales, the U.S. is continuing to assist a bombing campaign that has killed and injured thousands, and exacerbated famine and cholera outbreaks.
Rebecca Gordon
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The National Security “Experts” Denouncing Trump Are a Who’s Who of Disastrous Neocons
The enemies of my enemy may be war criminals.
Rebecca Gordon
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It Isn’t Too Late To Bring U.S. War Criminals to Justice
Other nations have done it.
Rebecca Gordon
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When the War on Drugs in Mexico Comes Back Home to the U.S.
Like the Islamic State, the Mexican drug cartels' power has increased as the result of disastrous U.S. policies.
Rebecca Gordon
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The Media’s 3 False Assumptions About American Torture
The Senate torture report could be the opening we need to make U.S. torture a thing of the past. Let’s not waste it.
Rebecca Gordon
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