America’s spiral into permanent war seems more foolish than ever
Donald Trump is inheriting the scariest tools of aggression imaginable. A new book explores their dark legacy.
The Pandora’s Box of war
This slaughter has already lasted nearly 16 years. It will not cease until the United States is exhausted and withdraws its forces from the region.
American carnage
Fighting the forever war.
The riptide of American militarism
Lessons from the natural world on Washington’s unnatural wars.
Pentagon projected to hand $407 billion to private military contractors this fiscal year
"Military spending involves a massive redistribution of wealth from the public to private sector."
Gaza’s looming cancer epidemic
There is more than one way bombs can kill.
Will Climate Change Make the Middle East Uninhabitable and Trigger a Mass Exodus?
It isn’t just the heat. Warming could create new dustbowls in the Middle East, making raising enough food impossible.
The Pentagon’s 20-year killing spree has always treated civilians as expendable
Overall, military spending accounts for about half of the federal government’s total discretionary spending -- while programs for helping instead of killing are on short rations for local, state and national government agencies.
The empire comes home
Counterinsurgency, policing, and the militarization of America’s cities.
The calm before the storm? What is it, how long will it last?
Are we Americans in the calm before a storm? What lies ahead for the people of this country?