How Bill Barr Became Trump’s Generalissimo How Bill Barr Became Trump’s Generalissimo
The mastermind of the D.C. crackdown has a long history of working for the surveillance state.
Jun 17, 2020 / Tim Shorrock
Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power
The history of American policing shows that it was designed to eat up resources and subjugate the civilian population.
Jun 12, 2020 / Stuart Schrader
Why Washington Keeps Lobbying for War in the Middle East Why Washington Keeps Lobbying for War in the Middle East
Saudi, Qatari, and Emirati lobbyists continue to jockey for power with near-endless streams of capital.
Jun 10, 2020 / Jessica Draper and Morgan Palumbo
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 Violence Has Brought America’s Forever Wars Home Police Violence Has Brought America’s Forever Wars Home
How stupid have we been to celebrate cops as heroes, just as we’ve been foolishly doing for so long with the US military?
Jun 9, 2020 / William Astore
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
Trump’s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military Trump’s Decision to Freeze WHO Funding Worries the US Military
Exclusive: Africom fears that China will use the White House’s suspension of World Health Organization payments to expand its influence in Africa.
May 27, 2020 / Ken Klippenstein
What Will Post-Pandemic Warfare Look Like? What Will Post-Pandemic Warfare Look Like?
If the past is any precedent, what lies ahead is the evolution of failed US proxy wars.
May 27, 2020 / Danny Sjursen
Trump Has No Secret Intel on the Coronavirus’s Origins Trump Has No Secret Intel on the Coronavirus’s Origins
The current administration is smearing China in the same way Bush fabricated intelligence on Iraq.
May 22, 2020 / no-paywall / Bob Dreyfuss
‘America Needs a Coronavirus Cure, Not More War’ ‘America Needs a Coronavirus Cure, Not More War’
Progressive democrats look to reduce the defense budget.
May 21, 2020 / John Nichols