Our Military Is the Virus Our Military Is the Virus
It’s time to defund the military-industrial complex and the police, and to rethink how to deal with conflict without turning every response into an endless war.
Jul 28, 2020 / William Astore
Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue Letters From the August 10/17, 2020, Issue
Demilitarize the police… The case for public banks… Wrestlemania… A perverse legacy… Spinning their wheels…
Jul 28, 2020 / Our Readers
Trump’s Secret Police Have Never Been a Secret to Brown People Trump’s Secret Police Have Never Been a Secret to Brown People
The Department of Homeland Security, now menacing Portland, has been terrorizing Muslims, immigrants, and other vulnerable populations since its inception.
Jul 27, 2020 / Elie Mystal
How to Move Biden Left How to Move Biden Left
Biden’s climate policy is an invitation to movements to keep pushing the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Jul 27, 2020 / John Nichols
Will the Left Get a Say in the Biden Doctrine? Will the Left Get a Say in the Biden Doctrine?
Covid-19 creates an opportunity to shift foreign policy away from the military.
Jul 27, 2020 / Feature / David Klion
Did Trump Bomb Syria on False Grounds? Did Trump Bomb Syria on False Grounds?
The American media is ignoring leaks from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that suggest a whitewash.
Jul 24, 2020 / Aaron Maté
We Can No Longer Afford the Military-Industrial Complex We Can No Longer Afford the Military-Industrial Complex
93 members of the House and 23 Senators just voted to cut the Pentagon budget. That’s a historic call for new priorities. Now, Democrats must amplify it.
Jul 22, 2020 / John Nichols
How Will US Warfare Survive the Pandemic? How Will US Warfare Survive the Pandemic?
The Pentagon is finding it difficult to adapt to a world in which the biggest threats to American security are biological, not military.
Jul 21, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
Donald Trump Is Living Proof of Osama bin Laden’s Success Donald Trump Is Living Proof of Osama bin Laden’s Success
The US’s militarized and nationalist response to 9/11 has accelerated the decline of the American empire.
Jul 17, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt