The Breakdown: In an Age of Austerity, Can’t the US Cut the Military Budget? The Breakdown: In an Age of Austerity, Can’t the US Cut the Military Budget?
The US maintains the most expansive and expensive military on the planet. On this week's edition of The Breakdown, D.C. Editor Chris Hayes and Institute for Policy Studies Research...
Feb 11, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances
Washington is integrating Mexico, Central America and Colombia into a neoliberal-neocon corridor, creating a perfect circle of conflict, violence and repression.
Feb 11, 2011 / Greg Grandin
Backward, Christian Soldiers Backward, Christian Soldiers
Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.
Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain
Afghanistan War: What Is It Good For? Afghanistan War: What Is It Good For?
The War in Afghanistan is the longest in US history and the most expensive. What are we doing there?
Feb 9, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning Army’s Mental Health Care Failed Bradley Manning
The uprisings in Egypt have inspired all sorts of people, including Private Bradley Manning, the young man being held in solitary confinement in Quantico, accused of being the sour...
Feb 4, 2011 / Laura Flanders
ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk ROTC’s Response to WikiLeaks Puts Academic Freedom at Risk
ROTC memo prohibiting cadets from using WikiLeaks cables for course assignments could impact Stanford's decision on whether to allow ROTC to return to campus.
Jan 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin Gosztola
GOP Fires at the Pentagon GOP Fires at the Pentagon
Among Republicans, a civil war has broken out over defense spending.
Jan 27, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Quote of the Day: Petraeus, Vampire? Quote of the Day: Petraeus, Vampire?
General Petraeus speaks on sinking his teeth into Afghanistan.
Jan 27, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
State of the Union Glosses Over Obama’s Foreign Policy Failures State of the Union Glosses Over Obama’s Foreign Policy Failures
On Tuesday night, Obama glossed over his failures in foreign policy.
Jan 26, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Afghan Election Crisis The Afghan Election Crisis
A flawed parliamentary election in September has inflamed politics and pushed the country closer to civil war, on top of the insurgency already underway.
Jan 21, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss