US Wars and Military Action

Two US Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys depart at Mercedita International Airport on December 16, 2025, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The Trump administration is conducting a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces for what it calls an anti-drugs offensive.

The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited The United States’ Hidden History of Regime Change—Revisited

The truculent trio—Trump, Hegseth, and Rubio—do Venezuela.

Dec 18, 2025 / Barbara Koeppel

Recently discharged Marine Faris Touhy recreates an image of him drinking a cup of coffee after two days of fighting on Eniwetok Atoll in February, 1944.

David Nasaw’s Unsparing Tour of America’s World War II and Its Aftermath David Nasaw’s Unsparing Tour of America’s World War II and Its Aftermath

A gimlet-eyed and honest accounting of the war’s hidden costs that still affect us today.

Dec 16, 2025 / Richard Parker

Second

Second Second

Strike.

Dec 16, 2025 / OppArt / Kevin Necessary

What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029? What to Do With the Ballroom in 2029?

Kristi Kremed.

Dec 12, 2025 / Steve Brodner

King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes

King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes King of Deadly Illegal Boat Strikes

Since September 2, the US has carried out more than 20 strikes on vessels suspected of drug trafficking in both the southern Caribbean and the eastern Pacific. At least 83 people h...

Dec 11, 2025 / OppArt / Felipe Galindo

Trump Foreign Policy

Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con Trump’s National Security Strategy and the Big Con

Sense, nonsense, and lunacy.

Dec 10, 2025 / Robert L. Borosage

 “I Am a Citizen”

 “I Am a Citizen”  “I Am a Citizen”

We are all Americans.

Dec 5, 2025 / Steve Brodner

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laughs during a cabinet meeting hosted by President Donald Trump on December 2, 2025.

Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder

No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.

Dec 3, 2025 / Elie Mystal

A man sleeps on Havana's Malecon waterfront

Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis Cubans Watch the Escalating US-Venezuelan Crisis

For most people on the island, the threat is just one more worry amid a grueling economic crisis.

Nov 26, 2025 / Marc Frank

Trump speaking to reporters

A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist? A Peace Prize for Trump the Militarist?

While he has been more reluctant than some presidents to put US troops in harm’s way, Trump has dismissed checks on his use of military force, saying, “We’re just gonna kill peopl...

Nov 25, 2025 / Stephen Zunes

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