Rebecca Gordon

Rebecca Gordon, a TomDispatch regular, teaches in the Philosophy department at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes (Hot Books, April 2016). Her previous books include Mainstreaming Torture: Ethical Approaches in the Post-9/11 United States and Letters from Nicaragua.

US Wars and Military ActionJune 16, 2021

The Real Welfare Cheats Are War Profiteers

We’re squabbling over Social Security, while the government lavishes infinitely more money on the arms industry.

Rebecca Gordon
EconomyMarch 11, 2021

We Need to Rethink Employment in the Biden Era

Joe Biden has campaigned on the promise of “good wages, benefits, and worker protections.” More than that, jobs should contribute to a better life for workers.

Rebecca Gordon
War and PeaceFebruary 12, 2021

Climate Change Isn’t the Only Fire We Should Be Worried About

If climate change threatens human life as we know it, so does another potential form of “fire”—nuclear weaponry.

Rebecca Gordon
War and PeaceJanuary 21, 2021

The US Empire Is Crumbling Before Our Eyes

With unprecedented economic inequality and massive overspending on military expansion, America now looks a lot like 476 CE Rome.

Rebecca Gordon
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National SecurityDecember 30, 2020

Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?

Under a Biden presidency, perhaps the horrors of 2020 can force a real conversation about national security in 2021.

Rebecca Gordon
Election 2020November 6, 2020

Our Fight Can’t Stop After This Election

It’s only once we’ve won, whether that’s now or four years from now, that the real work begins.

Rebecca Gordon
Election 2020October 21, 2020

Will Union Workers Deliver Nevada For Biden?

UNITE-HERE! had 90 percent of its members laid off because of Trump’s bungling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, they are knocking on doors to elect Joe Biden.

Rebecca Gordon
EconomyJuly 24, 2020

How Covid-19 Is Changing the Way We Work

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep and unexamined assumptions about the nature and value of work in the United States.

Rebecca Gordon
US Wars and Military ActionJuly 1, 2020

Is America Redeemable?

The US can’t break its headlong rush into failed statehood without addressing the demands of the people this country has failed from its very inception.

Rebecca Gordon
PoliticsJune 3, 2020

The President Wants You to Be Misinformed

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

Rebecca Gordon

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US Wars and Military ActionJune 16, 2021

We’re squabbling over Social Security, while the government lavishes infinitely more money on the arms industry.

EconomyMarch 11, 2021

Joe Biden has campaigned on the promise of “good wages, benefits, and worker protections.” More than that, jobs should contribute to a better life for workers.

War and PeaceFebruary 12, 2021

If climate change threatens human life as we know it, so does another potential form of “fire”—nuclear weaponry.

War and PeaceJanuary 21, 2021

With unprecedented economic inequality and massive overspending on military expansion, America now looks a lot like 476 CE Rome.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

National SecurityDecember 30, 2020

Under a Biden presidency, perhaps the horrors of 2020 can force a real conversation about national security in 2021.

Election 2020November 6, 2020

It’s only once we’ve won, whether that’s now or four years from now, that the real work begins.

Election 2020October 21, 2020

UNITE-HERE! had 90 percent of its members laid off because of Trump’s bungling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now, they are knocking on doors to elect Joe Biden.

EconomyJuly 24, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep and unexamined assumptions about the nature and value of work in the United States.

US Wars and Military ActionJuly 1, 2020

The US can’t break its headlong rush into failed statehood without addressing the demands of the people this country has failed from its very inception.

PoliticsJune 3, 2020

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