Lobbying and renewed fear of Russia have softened up the U.S. for Northrop Grumman’s budgetary kill with its new bomber.
U.S. Air Force Using Putin to Justify Trillion-Dollar Bomber
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Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Learned a Thing from Iraq
The former secretary of state could shatter the glass ceiling for women, but she’d leave the old boys’ military-industrial complex intact.
Did Hillary Clinton Delegate Too Much as Secretary of State?
Hillary Clinton’s delegation of duties as secretary of state stands in direct opposition to John Kerry and his hands-on management.
Korean Americans Are Reclaiming Their History Through Culture
Until recently, Korean Americans were all but written out of the U.S. history of the Korean War. A rising group of artists, oral historians, and community members is writing them back in.
The Odds Are Stacked Against Mahmoud Abbas
Amid rising violence and a dead-end peace process, could the Palestinian leader actually make good on his threat to pull out of the Oslo Accords?
Was Abbottabad the Result of U.S. Intelligence or Wasn’t It?
A New York Times account is sympathetic to Seymour Hersh’s revisionist history about the raid in Abbottabad, Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.
What Comes After Empire?
Let’s say the U.S. actually curbed its military adventurism, reeled in the Pentagon budget, and closed its global network of bases. Then what?
U.S. Default Position on Foreign Policy Is Deeply Cynical
Peace is for dreamers and supporting despotic regimes is SOP.
Does a State’s Possession of Nuclear Weapons Justify Humanitarian Intervention?
The possession of nuclear weapons by a state — any state — violates the social contract.
This (Film) Changes Everything
Where other climate change documentaries may counsel despair, Naomi Klein’s “This Changes Everything” offers hope.