Murder, He SaidThe Killer-in-ChiefBy Tom Engelhardt “Be assured of one thing: whichever candidate you choose at the polls in November, you aren’t just electing a president of the United States; you are also electing an assassin-in-chief.” […]
Making Sense of the Age of CarnageBy Tom Engelhardt My first question is simple enough: After 18-plus years of our forever wars, where are all the questions? Almost two decades of failing American wars across a […]
Tomgram: Mandy Smithberger, Letting the Pentagon Loose With Your Tax Dollars Posted by Mandy Smithberger Who doesn’t remember, as a child, making that Christmas wish list for Santa and his elves? As it happens, in this […]
by KATHLEEN WALLACE Image Source: Diogenes Searching for an Honest Man, attributed to J. H. W. Tischbein (c. 1780) The allure of capitalism has never been a clean or ethical one—the very roots are predicated on a […]
by MELVIN GOODMAN Image Source: F Delventhal – CC BY 2.0 The Washington Post has a reputation as liberal and even left-of-center, although its editorial pages are dominated by neoconservatives who support the idea of American exceptionalism and the […]
by MANDY SMITHBERGER At this moment of unprecedented crisis, you might think that those not overcome by the economic and mortal consequences of the coronavirus would be asking, “What can we do to help?” A few companies have […]
by JEFF MACKLER U.S. capitalism’s would-be savior, the “moron” President Donald Trump, sees his re-election prospects tied to a “re-invigorated” economy based on sending U.S. workers back to work close to the height of the deadly […]
by DAVID SWANSON A new collection of maps found here displays what militarism looks like in the world. Here’s a brief guide to using and understanding them. Across the top are 10 drop-down menus on these topics: Wars, Weapons, […]
Flowers placed at a memorial in Yerevan as Armenia marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian genocide Flowers placed at a memorial in Yerevan as Armenia marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian genocide (AFP […]
“This is what [it’s] like to be an immigrant under Trump.” byJulia Conley, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos unveiled new guidance Tuesday which excludes undocumented students from receiving emergncy assistance through a new $6 billion program […]