War and Peace

Military training abroad

The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad The US Government Kills Black People with Impunity Both at Home and Abroad

It’s time to reckon with the anti-black brutality that defines American policy from Minneapolis to Somalia.

Jun 16, 2020 / Robtel Neajai Pailey and Amy Niang

Military police face crowd of marching protesters

Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism Protests Force the US Military to Face Its Own Racism

The crisis provoked by George Floyd’s death endangers Pentagon efforts to rally Western nations against the supposedly more autocratic regimes in China and Russia.

Jun 10, 2020 / Michael T. Klare

Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx

Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx Jamaal Bowman Wants to Spend Less on the Pentagon and More on the Bronx

In his Democratic primary challenge to the House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, a New York educator outlines “a progressive foreign policy.”

Jun 9, 2020 / John Nichols

Police in riot gear

A Vast Array of Emergency Powers. Zero Self-Control. A Vast Array of Emergency Powers. Zero Self-Control.

Trump’s disregard for democracy is so blatant, top military leaders have started to intervene.

Jun 5, 2020 / Sasha Abramsky

Trump Is Deploying Troops Against Americans, and Military Leaders Are Abetting Him

Trump Is Deploying Troops Against Americans, and Military Leaders Are Abetting Him Trump Is Deploying Troops Against Americans, and Military Leaders Are Abetting Him

High-ranking military officials have a choice: Obey the orders of your commander in chief or your oath to the Constitution.

Jun 4, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Donald Trump

The President Wants You to Be Misinformed The President Wants You to Be Misinformed

Trump’s presidency is the culmination of decades of misinformation emanating from the White House.

Jun 3, 2020 / Rebecca Gordon

Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests

Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests Military Leaders Have an Extraordinary Choice to Make as the Nation Protests

Officers swear an oath to the Constitution, not to the president. Trump’s threat to deploy the military domestically challenges that.

Jun 2, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

Trump in front of an American flag

Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security Time to Fundamentally Rethink What Trump Means by Security

The challenge for his successor will be how to dig out from the rubble.

Jun 2, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gregg Popovich: ‘The System Has to Change’

Gregg Popovich: ‘The System Has to Change’ Gregg Popovich: ‘The System Has to Change’

The legendary San Antonio Spurs coach is past done with Donald Trump’s inability to rise to this moment.

Jun 1, 2020 / Dave Zirin

National Guard

Exclusive: The US Military Is Monitoring Protests in 7 States Exclusive: The US Military Is Monitoring Protests in 7 States

A National Guard member says troops are ill-equipped to respond to civil unrest.

May 30, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein

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