How Terror Came Home and What to Make of It
By Andrea Mazzarino | TomDispatch Recently, an agent of the Department of Homeland Security called me and started asking questions about a childhood acquaintance being investigated for extremism. I put…
Call of Duty Is a Government Psyop: These Documents Prove It
A closer inspection of Activision Blizzard’s key staff and their connections to state power, as well as details gleaned from documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that…
Corporate Weapons Heaven is Hell on Earth
Joe Biden, the National Security State, and Arms Sales.
American Life and Literature in the Shadow of War
By Beverly Gologorsky | TomDispatch I’m a voracious reader of American fiction and I’ve noticed something odd in recent years. This country has been eternally “at war” and you just…
Russia Says US Lowering ‘Nuclear Threshold’ By Upgrading Nukes in Europe
The US is replacing its B-61 nuclear bombs at air bases in Europe with an upgraded version.
Is There an Off-Ramp From the Latest Forever War?
Consider what lessons — if either our leaders or the Russian president were rational creatures when it came to such endless wars — might be drawn from America’s Global War…
Caitlin Johnstone: The Lunatic Argument That Nuclear Brinkmanship Makes Us Safe
The imperial spinmeisters for the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine are trying to get us to believe that de-escalation is dangerous.
Scott Ritter on NATO’s “Steadfast Noon” Operation
Now is the time for Biden to clarify U.S. nuclear doctrine. But he remains silent.
The Home Run Should Be Cancelled If the World Is to Be Saved
Consider banning both The Bomb and the home run as the first crucial steps toward a safer, more peaceful world.
How to Go from a Win-Win to a Lose-Lose World
While the United States may be in a new Cold War in Eurasia, we, like the rest of humanity, are also in an increasingly hot war right here at home…
Israel Authorizes Military to Kill Palestinians With Drones in the West Bank
By Marjorie Cohn | Truthout Commanders of the Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) have been authorized to use armed drones to kill Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, with the approval…
The World’s Other Nuclear Flashpoint
As Ukraine burns, the U.S. and China are playing with fire in Asia.
The Military Industrial Complex Wants You To Be More Media (Il)literate
A new report suggests media companies and the military are trying to indoctrinate students by way of "media literacy education."
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.
Hedges: ‘The Greatest Evil is War’ Excerpt Details the Horrors of a Post-War Life
Chapter X: Wounds That Never Heal