Our Jihadis and Theirs
The “greatest threat” to Americans isn't the brutal jihadist movement happening thousands of miles away, it's armed life in this country. Tom Engelhardt discusses the real dangers of American life.
Syria – What happens next
Without outside assistance, it will take decades to rebuild Syria.
The art of the deal, Pentagon-style
For when it comes to the military-industrial complex and its power and prerogatives, even Trump has met his match.
UN bans nuclear weapons; fifty nations ratify international treaty
"We continue to call for an elimination of all nuclear weapons worldwide."
America Being Crushed by a Mountain of Escalating Debt
The U.S. and its citizens are inundated with massive debt as a nation, government, and society. It seems like an impossibility to get this issue under control, especially when a majority of funding goes directly to endless wars.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Earliest Earth overshoot day ever, it's been over a year since MSNBC mentioned the war in Yemen, Trump wants to strip security clearance of those who have criticized him, and more.
Syria: Here’s what it’s all about; the underlying reasons for this terrible bloody war
So here’s a message for Trump: in addition to Syria get out of Iraq, get out of Afghanistan, and get out of the entire Middle East where this current government, with an overly aggressive foreign policy, never did belong and had no right to be.
NIAC statement on Trump’s tweet threat to ‘end’ Iran
“President Trump’s saber-rattling about Iran has reached a dangerous new low with his threat to “end” Iran – a country of 83 million men, women, and children."
US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking...
It does no good tinkering around the edges of the war machine’s environmental impact.
Bearing witness to the costs of war
On being a military spouse and writing about our post-9/11 wars.