Dave Lindorff

Dave Lindorff, a frequent contributor to The Nation, is an independent journalist who writes on Cold War, climate change and other issues. He spent six years as a correspondent in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan for Business Week and was the winner of a 2019 Izzy Award for Outstanding Independent Journalism.

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal. One Brother Gave the Soviets the A-Bomb. The Other Got a Medal.

J. Edgar Hoover had both of them in his sights. Yet neither one was ever arrested. The untold story of how the Hall brothers beat the FBI.

Jan 4, 2022 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas

Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas Coastal Landfills Are No Match for Rising Seas

As sea levels rise, the landfills along the US coasts have become a ticking environmental time bomb. So why does the federal government have no plan to avoid this looming catastrop...

Jul 26, 2021 / Covering Climate Now / Dave Lindorff

Zuccotti Park

Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning Tear Gas and Clubs in Lafayette Square Were Just the Beginning

Trump and Barr are turning to the “Occupy model” to crush the current uprising against police brutality.

Jul 2, 2020 / Dave Lindorff

The US Navy Has a Water Problem

The US Navy Has a Water Problem The US Navy Has a Water Problem

The Second Fleet was reactivated to patrol the Arctic. Only problem is, the fleet’s home is on the front lines of sea-level rise: Naval Station Norfolk.

Sep 19, 2019 / Covering Climate Now / Dave Lindorff

TSA agent.

I’m a Journalist. Why Did I End Up on an FBI Terrorist Watch List? I’m a Journalist. Why Did I End Up on an FBI Terrorist Watch List?

The use of “watch lists” to harass dissidents and journalists—as well as Muslims—appears to be growing, as the author discovered when he recently got caught in the net.

Aug 22, 2019 / Dave Lindorff

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.

Nov 27, 2018 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default

Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default Colleges Withhold Transcripts From Grads in Loan Default

Already facing crippling debt and a rocky job market, students in default can't even get access to the grades they've already earned.

Mar 30, 2012 / Dave Lindorff

NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules NASA Scientists Challenge Security Rules

Wary of government efforts to silence global warming research, scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Goddard Space Flight Center are going to court to block new security rule...

Aug 30, 2007 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

War Signals? War Signals?

As a strike group of six US Naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and some members of the military are raising flags that an...

Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

Chertoff and Torture Chertoff and Torture

Back on Friday, June 12, 2002, the Defense Department had a big problem: Its new policy on torture of captives in the "war on terror" was about to be exposed.

Jan 27, 2005 / Editorial / Dave Lindorff

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