Defense Spending: Barney Frank Weighs In Defense Spending: Barney Frank Weighs In
Don't expect anything to change at the Department of Defense in 2012.
Jul 24, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base? Why Won’t Congress Investigate the Sex Abuse Scandal at Lackland Air Force Base?
Twelve of the base's instructors have been accused of sexual assault, with thirty-one female trainees identified as victims.
Jul 17, 2012 / Soumya Karlamangla
What Has Really Happened to America’s Soldiers What Has Really Happened to America’s Soldiers
If US troops find themselves morally injured, shouldn’t we ask: Who put them in the position to suffer such wounds in the first place?
Jun 28, 2012 / Nan Levinson
The New Obama Doctrine The New Obama Doctrine
Obama's plan for global war uses a variety of extra-legal methods including drones, civilian and proxy fighters, and cyber warfare.
Jun 14, 2012 / Nick Turse
Chris Hayes and ‘Heroes’ Chris Hayes and ‘Heroes’
The MSNBC host and Nation editor at large has always been a thoughtful and fair journalist. That includes how he conducted himself in the controversy around his Memorial Day show.
Jun 6, 2012 / The Editors
Assassin-in-Chief in the Oval Office Assassin-in-Chief in the Oval Office
President Barack Obama and his apostles.
Jun 5, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
A Drone-Eat-Drone World A Drone-Eat-Drone World
Its ‘roadmap’ in tatters, the Pentagon takes a detour to Terminator Planet.
May 31, 2012 / Nick Turse
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole
Military Commissions on Trial in Guantánamo Military Commissions on Trial in Guantánamo
The dramatic opening of the 9/11 trial shined a light on all the ways in which a commission is not a federal court.
May 11, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy Don’t Buy the Spin: How Cutting the Pentagon’s Budget Could Boost the Economy
Spending the same money on education, or clean energy, would bring many more jobs—among other benefits.
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier