“Whistle-blower” now means “homegrown terrorist”
And other definitions from the new dictionary for our post-9/11 security state
Tuesday, Jul 2, 2013 4:14 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com
Tom Engelhardt
Politics TomDispatch.com
5 key takeaways from the NSA scandal
In one fell swoop, Edward Snowden has laid bare the wants and desires of our surveillance state
Monday, Jun 17, 2013 12:48 PM UTC 12Technology TomDispatch.com, Edward Snowden
Millennials alone can’t save us
We've left our children a crumbling economy -- and planet. It's a burden they shouldn't shoulder by themselves
Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 1:22 PM UTCBusiness TomDispatch.com, Barack Obama
Destroying the planet for record profits
Despite reports of historically high CO2 levels, it's business as usual for companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron
Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:34 PM UTC 22Business TomDispatch.com, Carbon Dioxide
Is America the last empire?
How global warming could spell the end of the global superpower -- and the planet itself
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 2:50 PM UTC 29Politics TomDispatch.com, Global Warming
America’s dirty wars exposed
Jeremy Scahill's new book examines our newly militarized CIA and the blowback it's inspiring around the world
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 4:16 PM UTCEntertainment TomDispatch.com, CIA
America’s imaginary homeland threats
North Korea is the latest country to be slapped with the dubious enemy label, regardless of the danger it presents
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 12:43 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, North Korea
America’s many blood-soaked anniversaries
Hiroshima. My Lai. The Iraq War. There are almost too many to count
Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 2:05 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, Hiroshima
Climate change is our most difficult issue
Why doesn't anybody seem to care?
Monday, Mar 4, 2013 12:31 PM UTC 54Politics Climate Change, TomDispatch
America’s idiotic drone gamble
The military has kept a Saudi base under wraps for two years. Given its success in the region, it's no wonder why
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013 6:08 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, Drones
Drone strikes are “legal” because the government says so
The DOJ's new justification for attacks on U.S. citizens is just the latest proof we live in a lockdown state
Tuesday, Feb 5, 2013 4:54 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, Drones
The Pentagon: The global NRA
Obama has pledged to curb the sale of assault weapons at home, but how will he address American violence abroad?
Monday, Jan 14, 2013 2:38 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com, Newtown
National Intelligence Council: U.S. is a “global security provider”
The center's new "Global Trends 2030" offers a predictably myopic view of America's future place in the world
Thursday, Jan 3, 2013 3:32 PM UTCNews TomDispatch.com, Global Trends
U.S. Intelligence emerges from the shadows
America's covert wars continue, but on a far grander scale than we ever could have imagined a generation ago
Monday, Dec 17, 2012 5:35 PM UTCPolitics TomDispatch.com
Dear Barack: Stop terrorizing the planet
An open letter to the president to end his lethal -- and ever-expanding -- drone wars
Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 3:14 PM UTC 19Politics TomDispatch.com, Mitt Romney
Petraeus: American decline writ small
The former general was once billed as the man who could save Iraq. Maybe that's why his downfall feels so symbolic
Tuesday, Nov 20, 2012 3:15 PM UTCPolitics Iraq, Afghanistan, David Petraeus
Four more years — of gridlock!
Six billion dollars of campaign spending later, America is right back where it started
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 3:21 PM UTCPolitics Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
America’s supersized elections
The debate cycle has mercifully come to a close, but campaign big business is here to stay -- democracy be damned
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 2:18 PM UTCPolitics Mitt Romney, Barack Obama
Humbled giant
The fall of the Soviet Union left the U.S. the last military superpower. Where did it all go so wrong?
Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 3:10 PM UTC 33Politics U.S. Military, Libya, Cold War
Obama’s true challenge: Foreign policy, not Mitt
Can the president make it to the election without a catastrophic October surprise?
Monday, Sep 24, 2012 1:12 PM UTCPolitics Democratic Party, Mitt Romney
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