Tag: war
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a deep and...
Historians and neuro-scientists show there are well-established psychological patterns that explain how personal fear fosters anger that leads to a need for action to eliminate the fear.
New analysis reveals over 1,200 Palestinian families erased in Gaza as...
The findings add to growing documentation of civilian casualties as Israel’s military campaign continues.
The end of US soft power?
Trump's effort to end U.S. foreign aid throws out a lot of babies with the bathwater.
Over 160 Gaza health workers detained, newborns freeze as Israel blocks...
More than 160 Gaza health workers remain imprisoned in Israeli detention facilities as the medical system collapses, and newborns die from exposure due to Israel’s blockade of shelter and aid.
Israel sends tanks into West Bank amid ‘de facto annexation’ of...
“What we are seeing is an intensified campaign aimed at annexation of the West Bank.”
Another Blackrock? Nearly 100 US mercenaries are in Gaza right now
96 American special forces are patrolling a checkpoint in the middle of Gaza, as Palestinians return to their homes in the north. If the history of American mercenaries tells us anything, then this could be deadly.
Trump Administration inherits SOUTHCOM’s expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean
This initiative reflects Washington’s continued influence in the region, reinforcing a modern interpretation of the Monroe Doctrine.
In stunningly bright colors
Can art offer us a vision of our world, for the better or sometimes distinctly the worse, that brings it into a kind of cohesion we often don’t experience in our actual lives?
Moving from a Doomsday Clock to a Peace Clock
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists only moved the hands of the Clock forward by one second, which must have come as a relief to the few members of the public who heard about it.
POPULAR
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
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.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.