Chaos in Turkey
The failed coup attempt began Friday afternoon and the country plummeted into a night of violence and state of unrest.
What does an “America-first” foreign policy actually mean?
Putting the U.S. military first, second, and third.
Only fools replay doomsday
Meet the new Cold War—same as the old one.
Progressive Briefing for Tuesday, June 26, 2018
Another oil spill, fracking fuels climate change, Mueller investigates Blackwater founder Erik Prince, and more.
On seeing America’s wars whole
Crudely put, the central question that goes not only unanswered, but unasked is this: What the hell is going on?
The ultra-costly, underwhelming F-35 fighter
Lockheed Martin remains top gun in the Pentagon's cockpit.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
North Korea is walking back war—and pundits are strangely disappointed
Pundits seem more concerned about the North driving a "wedge" between the U.S. and the South than about preventing nuclear war.
Who’s winning and losing the economic war over Ukraine?
The winners are the opportunists and war profiteers, and the losers are the people of Ukraine, working and poor people everywhere, but especially in the Global South, and our fading hopes of halting the climate crisis.
“We will never again be a colony”: Venezuela defies Trump as global protests erupt...
With Nicolás Maduro detained in Brooklyn and at least 40 reportedly killed, Venezuelan leaders project unity while protests spread worldwide and US lawmakers warn of an illegal war.