Dobbs Is a Recipe for Disaster in the Military
Andrea Mazzarino gives us a feeling for just what a disaster the Dobbs decision is likely to be for one community of Americans of which she’s a part: military spouses.
A Military Rich in Dollars, Poor in People
In the twenty-first century, for most troops sent to fight in pointless, losing wars abroad and possibly struggling afterwards with PTSD at home, the military hasn’t exactly been a winner.
The American Right Is Scarier Than Putin
As a human rights activist who spent years working in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, I can say that I’m now more afraid of the hair-trigger responses of right-wing Americans than I…
War as Terrorism: Conflicts We Can’t Win, Suffering We Don’t See
This is suffering that numbers can’t capture, but it should remind us that war is a form of terrorism.
The Costs of (Another) War
By Andrea Mazzarino / TomDispatch What do a six-year-old in the United States and an 85-year-old in Russia have in common besides being on opposite sides of a war? They’re…
What Our Forever Wars Really Cost You
Why is it so hard for so many in Washington to imagine spending the sort of money on our needs that they wouldn’t think twice about forking over to the…
Forever Wars Are a Cancer on Our Democracy
Who authorized America's forever wars? And why do they never end?
America’s Insistence on Prioritizing Empire Over Health
As the wife of a naval officer, I bear witness to the unexpected ways that disasters of all sorts play out among military families.
The War Zone Is America
The threat of armed violence shapes the major life decisions of so many people of color today.