Trump’s 2020 Campaign Strategy Is Already an Impressive Train Wreck Trump’s 2020 Campaign Strategy Is Already an Impressive Train Wreck
Another week of making things up, skirting the law, and talking about beans.
Jul 21, 2020 / Tom Tomorrow
How Will US Warfare Survive the Pandemic? How Will US Warfare Survive the Pandemic?
The Pentagon is finding it difficult to adapt to a world in which the biggest threats to American security are biological, not military.
Jul 21, 2020 / Michael T. Klare
In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia In Quarantine, on the Plains of Colombia
A photographer captures a child’s fears and hopes on a ranch on the Llanos.
Jul 20, 2020 / Photo Essay / Juanita Escobar, The Nation, and Magnum Foundation
With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’ With Fear and Favor: The Russophobia of ‘The New York Times’
Disregarding all past experience, journalists, politicians, and foreign policy experts have simply assumed that the claims of Russian bounties for killing American troops are true....
Jul 17, 2020 / David S. Foglesong
Donald Trump Is Living Proof of Osama bin Laden’s Success Donald Trump Is Living Proof of Osama bin Laden’s Success
The US’s militarized and nationalist response to 9/11 has accelerated the decline of the American empire.
Jul 17, 2020 / Tom Engelhardt
Burning Down the House Burning Down the House
Trump’s mounting failures and corruption devastate the US.
Jul 16, 2020 / OppArt / J.T. Williamson
The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens The US Military Is Using Online Gaming to Recruit Teens
Gamers with the Army, Navy, and Air Force are spending hours on Twitch with children as young as 13.
Jul 15, 2020 / Jordan Uhl
Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter. Say Their Names. Black Lives Matter.
Photograph of painting intervention on plywood-covered store windows in NYC, June 2020.
Jul 15, 2020 / OppArt / Chris Schiavo
The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets The Beginning of the End for Ever-Rising Pentagon Budgets
In the long run, the Defense Department is not likely to escape the growing imperative of change.
Jul 14, 2020 / Katrina vanden Heuvel