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Prophesies, Then and Now

My Life at World’s End

By Tom Engelhardt On March 23, 2023On March 23, 2023

A Highway to Peace or a Highway to Hell?

The Vast Power of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex

By William J. Astore On March 21, 2023On March 21, 2023

On Missing Dr. Strangelove

Or How Americans Learned to Stop Worrying and Forgot the Bomb

By Andrew Bacevich On March 19, 2023On March 19, 2023

Don’t Try to Find a Home in Washington, D.C.

Or Pretty Much Anywhere Else If You’re a Renter

By Rebecca Gordon On March 16, 2023On March 22, 2023

Is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Imminent?

Or Is Washington in a Tizzy over Nothing?

By Michael Klare On March 14, 2023On March 14, 2023

Empty Tables

How It Feels to Be Hungry

By Beverly Gologorsky On March 12, 2023On March 12, 2023

The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later

How Washington Lost Its Moral Compass in Iraq

By Juan Cole On March 9, 2023On March 9, 2023

A Tale of Two Mothers

Dying with Dignity and What Makes That Possible

By Stan Cox and Priti Gulati Cox On March 7, 2023On March 7, 2023

Make Republicans Great Again?

Nikki Haley’s Diet-MAGA Problem

By Clarence Lusane On March 5, 2023On March 5, 2023

At the Brink of War in the Pacific?

The Nightmare of Great Power Rivalry Over Taiwan

By Alfred McCoy On March 2, 2023On March 7, 2023

Nuclear Armageddon Games in Ukraine

The Nuclear “War” in Ukraine May Not Be the One We Expect

By Joshua Frank On February 28, 2023On March 8, 2023

Welcome to the Predator State

Where the Scorpions on the Corner Just Might Kill You

By Michael Gould-Wartofsky On February 26, 2023On February 26, 2023

Children of War

The War on Terror and the Battle for Young Minds

By Andrea Mazzarino On February 23, 2023On February 23, 2023

McCarthyism, Then and Now

And the (True) One-Party State in America

By Tom Engelhardt On February 21, 2023On February 21, 2023

The Specter of “Woke Communism”

How Corporate America Became the Bogeyman of Today’s Anti-Communist Crusaders

By Steve Fraser On February 16, 2023On February 16, 2023

Merger Mania in the Military-Industrial Complex

Tackling Pentagon Waste Means Battling the Big Weapons Makers and Asking More of Congress

By Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung On February 14, 2023On February 14, 2023

Tanks for Nuttin’

Is Civilization at Stake in Ukraine?

By Andrew Bacevich On February 12, 2023On March 8, 2023

Why Damar Hamlin Didn’t Die for Our Sins

The Super Bowl After the Big Hit

By Robert Lipsyte On February 9, 2023On February 10, 2023

Poverty Amid Plenty

A World Fragmented by Inequality

By Liz Theoharis On February 7, 2023On February 7, 2023

Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow

Life in a Destabilized California

By Rebecca Gordon On February 5, 2023On February 5, 2023

The Votes That Weren’t Cast

Racial Justice, Voting Rights, and Authoritarianism

By Clarence Lusane On February 2, 2023On February 2, 2023

Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed?

Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think

By William J. Astore On January 31, 2023On January 31, 2023

The Real Failure of January 6th

How America’s Insurrectionists Crossed the Rubicon of History

By Karen J. Greenberg On January 29, 2023On February 1, 2023

Nuclear Fusion Won’t Save the Climate

But It Might Blow Up the World

By Joshua Frank On January 26, 2023On January 31, 2023

Who Will Speak Up for My Child, the Drag Queen?

And the Non-Binary and Transgender Folks Among Us, Too

By Ira Chernus On January 24, 2023On January 24, 2023

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