What Price Is ‘Defense?’: America’s Costly, Dysfunctional Approach to Security Is Making Us Ever Less Safe
A look at the madness of funding the Pentagon, going down the military drain.
Deaf to History’s Questions
A Tale of Two Elizabeths, One Joe, One Donald, and Us.
Chris Hedges: Writing on War and Living in a World from Hell
Chris Hedges reflects in a deeply personal way on two decades as a war correspondent.
Inside America’s War Machine, Integrity Is Optional
William J. Astore examines the epidemic of lies and dishonor that exists within the US military industrial complex.
Will the U.S. Learn Anything from Putin’s Disastrous Invasion?
Will the U.S. learn anything from Putin's disastrous invasion?
How the Arms Industry Scams the Taxpayer
Contractors Cash in as Congress Adds Billions to the Pentagon Budget.
The Nasty Voices in Our Heads
The Paranoid Nature of American Foreign and Domestic Policy.
The Enduring Tyranny of Oil
Michael Klare on war, inflation, geopolitical rivalry, and soaring world temperatures.
New Mexico’s Megafires Mark a Turning Point
For People, Land, and the Forest Service.
America’s $1.4 Trillion ‘National Security’ Budget Makes Us Ever Less Safe
By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch William Hartung, Call It the National (In)security Budget Yes, Afghanistan went down the drain and Washington’s global war on terror ended (more or less)…
Dealing with Trump’s Occupation of All Too Many American Hearts and Minds
Emotion rules the American political scene and so many now tend to shoot from the hip without even knowing why.
Why Going “Hard” is Taking the Easy Way Out
Hardening Schools and Arming Teachers Is the Wrong Approach.
A Trail of Tears: How Veterans Return From America’s Wars
By Ann Jones / TomDispatch Best of TomDispatch: Ann Jones, War Wounds America’s Father’s Day was first celebrated on June 19, 1910, in Washington State. That was only a few…
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.
Arsenal of Autocracy? The Major Weapons Makers Cash in Worldwide, Not Just Ukraine
Our largest weapons-making corporations are on a run for our money that on a planet that hardly needed one more war.