The Military’s Dirty Little Secret

Tim Radford / Climate News Network Jun 26, 2019 The American armed forces pose a danger to human survival in many ways. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Military Atrocities We Ignore While We Ring In the Holidays

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Antiwar Nov 28, 2018 Millions of American troops have spent countless festivities deployed in the Middle East—it’s worth asking what it’s all for. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

We’re Headed Toward Perpetual Conflict and Cataclysmic War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch Nov 21, 2018 American militarism has gone off the rails—and this middling career officer should have seen it coming. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Military Families Speak Out Against the Afghanistan War

Stacy Bannerman / OtherWords Oct 10, 2018 Shame on a country that continues to take our troops to wars long declared done, absolving the collective conscience with two words: “They volunteered.”  Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump’s Kamikaze Attack on Globalism

John Feffer / TomDispatch Jul 23, 2018 Although the U.S. president's approach to global affairs seems to have no particular rhyme or reason, it does have a certain rhythm. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

The Global Growth of U.S. Special Operations Forces

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Jul 18, 2018 Most Special Ops missions remain in the shadows, unknown to all but a few Americans. Yet last year alone, U.S. commandos deployed to 149 countries—about 75 percent of the world's nations. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Nicaragua at the Barricades and at a Crossroads

Rebecca Gordon / TomDispatch Jun 25, 2018 As Nicaraguans confront a crisis, you may ask yourself why people should care what happens in an impoverished Central American nation thousands of miles from the centers of power. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Preserving the Positive Legacy of an Empire in Decline

Alfred W. McCoy / TomDispatch May 24, 2018 As the American empire unravels with previously unimagined speed, there are many across this country’s political spectrum who will not mourn its passing. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Politics

The Wholesale Attack on Brazilian Sovereignty: An Interview With Former Foreign Minister Celso Amorim

Brian Mier / Brasil Wire May 23, 2018 One of the world's most respected South American diplomats talks about U.S. involvement in his country's democratic crisis. Dig deeper ( 16 Min. Read )

Gearing Up for a Third Gulf War

Michael T. Klare / TomDispatch May 14, 2018 With Donald Trump’s decision to shred the Iran nuclear agreement, it’s time for the rest of us to start thinking about what such a war in the region would mean for the world. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Blurred Line Between War and Business

Julian Vigo / Truthdig May 6, 2018 Powerful people in Washington have created an industry around big data, private militias and American foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Congress Offers a Bipartisan Blank Check to Trump for War

Maj. Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch May 3, 2018 The president of the United States is a veritable autocrat in the realm of foreign policy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )