From Mosul to Raqqa to Mariupol, killing civilians is a crime
Exposed lies and double standards that corrupt the Pentagon's latest effort to whitewash its criminal non-compliance with the Geneva Conventions.
Revolving Doors Rule in Finance and War
An arms race is being created that makes money for some but creates bad outcomes for all.
Trump disses troops but correctly labels 2 of America’s costliest wars unjustified or ‘stupid’
Commander-in-Chief Bonespur waddles into a new controversy.
The Pentagon budget still rising, 40 years later
The rationale for spending more than $700 billion a year on the Pentagon—and well over $1.2 trillion for national security writ large—simply does not exist.
Israel now occupies over half of Gaza as expanded buffer zone razes entire communities
Systematic destruction of homes, farmland, and infrastructure in Gaza buffer zone reveals deeper plan for permanent Israeli control, soldiers and experts say.
US and Russian physicians warn war in Ukraine risks global nuclear ‘catastrophe’
"If even a single 100-kiloton nuclear weapon exploded over the Kremlin, it could kill a quarter of a million people."
The secret Republican history of Sean Spicer’s Holocaust, in 7 steps
Get used to the moral outrage – and the corporate lingo. Welcome to Republican America, circa 2017.
The wars no one notices
Are we all just living in a demobilized country?
The MADness of the resurgent US Cold War with Russia
The nuclear dangers of the war in Ukraine, the insanity of reviving a Cold War that threatens the whole world, and the urgency of dismantling the U.S.-Russian Doomsday machine before it kills us all.
The Tears of Fallujah
“If recent history has taught us anything, it's that the wounds of Fallujah, and those of Iraq’s Sunni in general, must be treated in short order or the conflict will simmer to explosion once again.”