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Polls: Black Americans less inclined to support Ukraine if it leads to US war

Surveys signal a wider resistance to interventionism, which is not surprising given the history of sacrifice, and cost to communities.

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The revolving door keeps on spinning

Seemingly strict lobbying rules haven't stopped Biden from recruiting people who spent the Trump years cashing in on their government experience.

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Trump was right to call out defense industry influence on the Pentagon

But Trump has not only done nothing to mitigate the problem, he has also contributed to it.

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Austerity politics aren’t going to cut out of control Pentagon spending

The call to cut military spending should be paired with a demand for the investments that are worth making — and a critique of the wars that aren’t.

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In a divided country, Americans can rally around reining in the Pentagon budget

There isn’t much Americans appear to agree on these days, but progressives and conservatives concur that continuing to throw more money at the Pentagon, particularly during a pandemic, is a bad idea.

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War and pandemic journalism

If truth is the first to die in war, the same is true for pandemics.