The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible The GOP’s Bloated Pentagon Budget Is Indefensible
The House just approved $892.6 billion in military spending—continuing the march toward $1 trillion defense budgets.
Sep 12, 2025 / John Nichols
The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy The Catastrophe of Democratic Foreign Policy
A new book on the Biden’s wars serves as a stark reminder that the Democrats need to formulate a new foreign policy—as well as reckon with the one they had.
Sep 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Matthew Duss
With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America With the Strike on a “Drug-Carrying Boat,” Trump Returns to a Dangerous US Policy for Latin America
The attack on a ship off the Venezuelan coast is the first time the US has carried out a deadly military operation on its own in Latin America since the 1989 invasion of Panama.
Sep 8, 2025 / Michael Fox
From Guernica to Gaza, the Cruelty of Airpower Has Remained Unchecked From Guernica to Gaza, the Cruelty of Airpower Has Remained Unchecked
Nine decades have passed since aerial technology began assisting war makers—since then, it has become a tool of systemic brutality.
Sep 3, 2025 / Norman Solomon
Trump’s Staggering Betrayal of Trans Service Members Trump’s Staggering Betrayal of Trans Service Members
Trans people signed up to risk death for a country they well knew would likely never return the favor. And now the government is trying to make their lives hell.
Aug 27, 2025 / Kali Holloway
The Rot at Fort Bragg The Rot at Fort Bragg
Seth Harp exposes how all the death and crime surrounding one military base is not an aberration but representative of the fratricidal impulse of the armed forces at large.
Aug 20, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Lyle Jeremy Rubin
Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah Trump’s Regime Change Fantasy Involves Bringing Back the Shah
The United States and its allies are toying with liberating Iran with the help of some unsavory friends.
Aug 8, 2025 / Jeet Heer
We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Before It Stops Us We Need to Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Before It Stops Us
There is a risk that the war of words between Moscow and DC could escalate.
Aug 5, 2025 / William D. Hartung
We’re Still Living With the Decisions Made During the Trinity Tests We’re Still Living With the Decisions Made During the Trinity Tests
Eighty years after the first atomic weapons tests at Los Alamos, humanity has yet to fully reckon with the power of mass annihilation.
Jul 23, 2025 / Eric Ross
We Have Always Been at War With Iran We Have Always Been at War With Iran
Since 1979, the US has been in perpetual economic, military, and political combat with the Iranian state. The only difference now is that bombs are falling.
Jul 16, 2025 / Josef Burton