Friday, May 1, 2026

America’s mixed messages

We still want populations around the world to admire, appreciate, and respect this country as a democracy and a powerful protector. Some ships are used to make exactly that point, other ships have become the very image and essence of hardship and harm.

Unknown soldiers: America’s secret, privatized army

While many American policy makers believe that their country is ‘exceptional’ and thus shouldn’t have to follow long established laws, other governments see the precedents they set and act accordingly.

How war divides us

What are the ways the twenty-first-century wars have polarized Americans?

Israeli airstrike claims lives of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza

The team was leaving a warehouse in the city of Deir al-Balah after unloading over 100 tons of food intended for distribution to Palestinians in dire need.

We Don’t Have to Fight World War III in the Middle East

John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif have demonstrated that we don’t have to fight World War III in the Middle East with the framework of the nuclear deal. Diplomacy can work—war is not the only available policy tool.

Will the generals follow the mad king’s command?

Trump is the mad king. And he is dangerous.

500 years is long enough! Human Depravity in the Congo

For more than 500 years, the Congo has been brutalized by the extraordinary violence inflicted by those who have treated the country as a resource – for slaves, rubber, timber, wildlife and minerals – to be exploited.
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An hour with Noam Chomsky on fascism, nuclear weapons, climate change, Julian Assange &...

"They’re things like climate change, like global warming, like the Nuclear Posture Review, deregulation. These are real issues. But the Democrats aren’t going after those."

Since 9/11, US has spent $21 trillion on militarism at home and abroad

“Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars.”