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Yesterday 4:00 pm
The US Is a Mass-Killing Machine
What do you get when endless wars meet mass shootings? The United States of America.
Tom Engelhardt
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April 13, 2021
Will Biden’s Foreign Policy Sap His Domestic Policy?
The US can’t afford to be the “indispensable nation” abroad while rebuilding at home.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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April 13, 2021
Biden Wants to Spend Even More on Defense than Trump
The president’s plan to hike Pentagon spending draws a rebuke from progressives.
John Nichols
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April 12, 2021
Julian Aguon’s Poetic Riposte to American Empire
The CHamoru lawyer discusses the militarization of Guam and his new book, The Properties of Perpetual Light.
Chris Gelardi
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April 9, 2021
The Cold War Is Being Rebooted and Rebranded
Iran as a perfidious enemy? Check. Russia and China as autocratic menaces? Check. An unpredictable North Korea? Check. It’s happening all over again.
William Astore
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March 19, 2021
Anti-Asian Violence in America Is Rooted in US Empire
If we are to stop anti-Asian hatred in the United States, we must recognize how US foreign policy perpetuates it.
Christine Ahn, Terry K Park, Kathleen Richards for The Nation
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March 16, 2021
Biden’s Foreign Policy Team Can’t Handle New Threats With Old Strategies
How can the United States focus on new threats while sustaining endless wars and obsolete postures?
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 6, 2021
Cancel the US Military
The Pentagon is running a system that seems to eternally reward failure, from poorly performing generals to endless wars that cost a fortune.
William Astore
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March 5, 2021
Why Are We Still Giving the Pentagon More Money?
Focusing on the wrong threats—including a new Cold War with China—is the last thing we can afford right now.
Mandy Smithberger
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March 2, 2021
Biden Ran on Ending Forever Wars. He’s Already Undermining That Promise.
The argument that the strikes in Syria are a “defensive” measure mocks the reality of our presence there.
Katrina vanden Heuvel