Beyond Donald Trump: When poisons curdle
The forever wars of the 21st century have had a similar effect on our society as Vietnam did more than 50 years ago. Not good.
The forever wars of the 21st century have had a similar effect on our society as Vietnam did more than 50 years ago. Not good.
The way war drives our scourges at home and exacerbates the fissures, escapes many. MLK knew better.
Biden inherits a burgeoning new Cold War, global conflict spanning four continents, and a military mired in dozens of countries.
Let the record show: Trump poured fuel on our endless wars and kicked diplomacy to the curb.
The massive resources allocated to both local police and the U.S. military create supply side pressures to find, if not create, enemies.
The Trump administration appears to be sacrificing long-term security goals for short-term economic gains.
In 1967, Dr. King warned that “a nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.”
The proposals for change offered by the president, and from both Republicans and Democrats in Congress, will not be enough.
The Times’ recent decision to publish an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton calling for the military to quash Black Lives Matter protests highlights a militaristic pipeline to the nation’s paper of record.
You’re not wrong if you’re thinking that Trump’s handling of the protests across the country in the wake of George Floyd’s murder seems very familiar.
Criticism of Donald Trump’s foreign policy often ignores the illiberal and undemocratic underbelly of Pax Americana.
Cutting the Pentagon budget needs a movement — a big one.
A recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling for a more militaristic approach toward China failed to disclose that its authors stand to gain financially from what they’re proposing.
The military-industrial-complex needs an enemy … and your tax dollars.
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s new foreign policy initiative includes a measure to rein in the executive branch’s misuse of economic sanctions.
Donald Trump never campaigned on cutting Medicare and Social Security and give the savings to the Pentagon. But that’s exactly what he has proposed to do.
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