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Biden, Climate Change, and China

A New Cold War = A Scalding Planet

By Michael Klare On February 25, 2021On February 25, 2021

How This Country Fails Its Most Vulnerable

A Field Guide to Our Threadbare Social Safety Net

By Rajan Menon On February 23, 2021On February 23, 2021

The Guns of August

Lowering the Flag on the American Century

By Chalmers Johnson On February 21, 2021On February 21, 2021

The American Century Ends Early

How the USS Enterprise Was Transformed into the USS Roach

By Tom Engelhardt On February 18, 2021On February 18, 2021

Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?

Not Those of Poor Americans, That’s For Sure

By Liz Theoharis On February 16, 2021On February 16, 2021

How Spanish Can Help Us Survive Viral Times

A Journey into the Heart of a Language We Need Now More Than Ever

By Ariel Dorfman On February 14, 2021On February 14, 2021

Beyond Donald Trump

When Poisons Curdle

By Andrew Bacevich On February 11, 2021On February 11, 2021

The Fire Next Time

Climate Change, the Bomb, or the Flame of Hope?

By Rebecca Gordon On February 9, 2021On February 12, 2021

The World Welcomes Biden But Hedges Its Bets

Will Political Volatility Be America’s Downfall?

By John Feffer On February 7, 2021On February 7, 2021

Take Me Out to the Capitol…Whoops, I Mean the Ballpark

The Super Bowl Ends the Most Toxic Season Ever

By Robert Lipsyte On February 4, 2021On February 4, 2021

Joe Biden’s Peace Force?

A Multipoint Plan to End War as We Know It

By William Astore On February 2, 2021On February 2, 2021

Been There, Done That (Not!)

The Imperial Presidency Comes Home to Roost

By Tom Engelhardt On January 31, 2021On February 2, 2021

Demilitarizing Our Democracy

How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a “Civilian” Government

By William Hartung and Mandy Smithberger On January 28, 2021On January 28, 2021

While America Was Sleeping

Waking from a Four-Year Fever Dream to Find Global Power Gone

By Alfred McCoy On January 26, 2021On January 26, 2021

Indirect Deaths

The Massive and Unseen Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars at Home and Abroad

By Andrea Mazzarino On January 24, 2021On January 24, 2021

The Future of War, American-Style

A Bidenesque Tour of America’s Regional and Global Military Adventures

By Danny Sjursen On January 21, 2021On January 21, 2021

The Rubble of Empire

Doctrines of Disaster and Dreams of Security as the Biden Years Begin

By Rebecca Gordon On January 19, 2021On January 19, 2021

The Earth Does Not Belong to Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s True Legacy

By Liz Theoharis On January 17, 2021On January 17, 2021

President Biden’s China Conundrum

Can He Achieve Progress Where It Matters While Avoiding a New Cold (or Hot) War?

By Michael Klare On January 14, 2021On January 14, 2021

POW Nation

When Will America Free Itself From War?

By William Astore On January 12, 2021On January 12, 2021

War of the (Financial) Worlds

Or Let the Markets Go Wild While the People Go Down

By Nomi Prins On January 10, 2021On January 10, 2021

Will They Ever Be Over?

The 20th Anniversary of the War on Terror Arrives

By Nick Turse On January 7, 2021On January 7, 2021

Saying Goodbye to the Con-Man-in-Chief

Demining America After The Donald

By Tom Engelhardt On January 5, 2021On January 8, 2021

Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq

The Lessons of Two Failed Wars

By Andrew Bacevich On December 22, 2020On December 31, 2020

What If, After 9/11, George W. Bush Had Thrown Parties?

And What If, After the Pandemic Arrived, Donald J. Trump Had Launched a Global War on Covid-19?

By Tom Engelhardt On December 20, 2020On December 29, 2020

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