One Minute to Midnight

Scott Ritter / Truthdig Feb 12, 2019 The world is on the edge of a catastrophe, but the U.S. is whistling blithely down the path of nuclear destruction it has helped to pave. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

UberMILITARY: Helping America’s Vets Get Moving, or Driving Them to Low-Wage Work?

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Nov 5, 2014 Uber is on a mission to hire 50,000 veterans from the U.S. military over the next 18 months through its new UberMILITARY program. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the Downside of Drones

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 23, 2014 "Wars are ultimately determined in the minds of populations," the retired commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan told the BBC this month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Details Emerge About Michael Hastings’ Death

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2013 When journalist Michael Hastings died in a car accident in Los Angeles early on the morning of June 18, he left a trail of questions in his wake. On Tuesday, L.A. officials -- along with his family -- finally had some answers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Freedom and ‘Our Sacred Honor’

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 4, 2013 We find ourselves, 237 years after the Founders declared us a new nation, in a season of discontent, even surliness, about the experiment they launched. We are sharply divided over the very meaning our founding documents, and we are more likely to invoke the word "we" in the context of "us" versus "them" than in the more capacious sense that includes every single American. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Michael Hastings

BLANK Jun 23, 2013 Hastings' death is a loss to readers who would have profited from his continued devotion to telling the stories of American politics and the military with fewer inhibitions than lesser reporters.Hastings' death is a loss to readers who would have profited from his continued devotion to telling stories of American power with fewer inhibitions than lesser reporters. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rachel Maddow Gives Emotional Tribute to Michael Hastings

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 On her program Tuesday, the MSNBC host recounted her many years of friendship with the young but accomplished journalist who had died in a car crash in Los Angeles earlier that day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Reporter Who Brought Down the ‘Runaway General’ Dead at 33

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 19, 2013 Michael Hastings is best known as the Rolling Stone contributor whose reporting ended the military career of Gen. Stanley McChrystal but more important, he was a fearless reporter who did not suffer bullshit answers. He died Tuesday at the age of 33 in a car crash. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sucking Up to the Military Brass

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch Nov 29, 2012 Pruning a few bad apples from the upper branches of the military tree is going to do little enough when the rot extends to root and branch. Required is more radical surgery if America is to avoid ongoing debilitating conflicts and the disintegration of our democracy. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Military Establishment Takes Three Whacks at Robert Gates

Staff / Truthdig Sep 8, 2011 Robert Gates, who left his role as defense secretary this summer, has drawn criticism from members of the military establishment for allegedly lacking long-term vision, allowing military leaders to usurp civilian control and inadequately briefing and preparing the president for war. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Stanley McChrystal Did to Pat Tillman’s Family

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2011 President Obama has asked Gen Stanley McChrystal to oversee the administration’s new initiative to help military families What a slap in the face to the nation’s highest-profile military family—that of Army Ranger Pat Tillman—on whom McChrystal heaped misery and disrespect What a slap in the face to the nation’s highest-profile military family. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Truthdig Radio: Keep McChrystal Retired

Staff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2011 Mr Fish survives a MoveOn house party, Sandra Postel solves the water crisis, Daniel Denvir and James Harris take stock of segregation, Narda Zacchino puts Gen Stanley McChrystal in the dustbin of history, and Nomi Prins and Robert Scheer digest President Obama's speech Update: Full transcriptThis week we tackle the resurrection of Stanley McChrystal, segregation, the water crisis and Obama's deficit speech Plus: Mr Fish on MoveOn. Dig deeper ( 42 Min. Read )