William Laws Calley, face of My Lai massacre in Vietnam war, dead at 80
Lieutenant Calley was the only person convicted over the largest killing of civilians by US army in the 20th century
May 2024
Opinion
Children of Vietnam war’s rape survivors unjustly bear the burden of others’ crimes
Tran Thi Ngai
The students protesting in Dublin are on the right side of history – and they know it
Owen Jones
‘Police raids are nothing new’: student protesters from 1960s see history repeating itself
I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat
Robert Reich
Dick Rutan, co-pilot of historic round-the-world flight, dies aged 85
Let us remember the last time students occupied Columbia University
Omar Barghouti, Tanaquil Jones and Barbara Ransby
February 2024
A moment that changed me
A moment that changed me: I patronised a refugee – and he taught me an invaluable lesson
When Mr Tienh offered to treat me to lunch, I declined, embarrassed, assuming he couldn’t afford it. This insult to his dignity led to a flash of insight that would last a lifetime
December 2023
Tom Smothers of sibling comedy duo the Smothers Brothers dies at age 86
Tom and brother Dick’s groundbreaking CBS show was pulled when they took a stance against Vietnam war and for civil rights
Biden will have ‘LBJ moment’ and not run for re-election, Cornel West says
West, running for president as an independent, predicts Biden will do as Lyndon Johnson did in 1968 and decide against White House run
The Kissinger years: flawed legacy of the man behind US cold war policy
He shaped a world of superpowers but to those without power he was ruthless. How did one diplomat hold sway for so long?
November 2023
News coverage of war affects us all, but is switching off the right response?
Kevin Phillips obituary
September 2023
Biden to award Medal of Honor to army pilot who rescued soldiers in Vietnam
The Audio Long Read
Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI – podcast
August 2023
Australian War Memorial researchers identify 285 Indigenous servicemen who fought in the Vietnam war
Weatherwatch
‘Make mud, not war’: how US used weather warfare in Vietnam
July 2023
The long read
Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans
Cluster bombs won’t bring peace to Ukraine
Letters: Dr Anthony Isaacs, Rae Street and Dennis Fitzgerald criticise President Biden’s decision to supply the weapons, but Per G Bilse argues that any weapon can be indiscriminate if misused
The Guardian view on supplying cluster bombs: not just a ‘difficult’ decision, but the wrong one
Editorial: The US is to transfer the devastating weapons to Ukraine. Kyiv is in a desperate struggle – but Joe Biden should not have approved this
