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Whistling past the graveyard of empires.

Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.

For Mary Dudziak, we are now experiencing a time of permanent war, one that does not bother everyday Americans.

Campus spies. Pepper spray. SWAT teams. Welcome to Repress U, class of 2012.

A lesson in Republican math and military spending.

Those clamoring for big cuts shouldn’t expect much, if anything, to change this year.

The single most monstrous mistake of the Bush years—the confusion of military with economic power—has been set in stone.

The United States has alienated both allied regimes and their opposition movements.

The US has spent nearly $8 trillion on national security since 9/11. Do you feel any safer?

Read the full text of Senator Bernie Sanders's statement to Congress on the balancing the budget.