Nick Turse is the associate editor and research director of Tomdispatch.com. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Adbusters, the Nation, and regularly for Tomdispatch.com. His first book, The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives, an exploration of the new military-corporate complex in America, was recently published by Metropolitan Books.

Nick Turse's Salon stories

Monday, Nov 9, 2009 16:07 PST

Digging in for the long haul in Afghanistan

The Pentagon's building boom in Afghanistan indicates a long war ahead
Sunday, Oct 25, 2009 17:23 PDT

What the U.S. military can't do

Obama's choice: Failed war president, or the prince of peace
Monday, Jun 22, 2009 07:20 PDT

Bush officials: Where are they now?

The unemployment rate is high around the country -- but not for former Bush officials. A guide to who's cashing in
Monday, Mar 16, 2009 03:29 PDT

America's food banks need a bailout

The struggle to feed America's nouveau needy.
Thursday, Dec 18, 2008 03:15 PST

SaladShooters and real bullets

Many makers of familiar products used to make weapons for the U.S. military. In tough times, the practice could be making a comeback.
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008 03:13 PDT

Main Street's body count rises

As suicides and murders emerge in the wake of the financial crisis, the fallout is increasingly measured not only in dollars but in blood.
Monday, Jul 14, 2008 03:07 PDT

What journalists should be asking about the no-bid Iraqi oil deals

What was the Bush administration's involvement in the recent deals?

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