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Patriotism and war: Can America break that deadly connection?
Norman Solomon
Why is patriotism linked to killing and dying on the battlefield? There are better ways to love your country
America’s “systemic racism” isn’t just domestic: Consider who dies around the world in our wars
Norman Solomon
Nearly all the people killed in U.S. wars since 9/11 have been people of color — and we almost don't notice
Russians in “Ukraine will be fighting a war on two fronts”: Rebellion means Putin is now weaker
Chauncey DeVega
War expert and novelist Elliot Ackerman on what the uprising against Putin means for Ukraine's counteroffensive
Ultimate all-American slush fund: Budget loophole could send Pentagon spending soaring even higher
Julia Gledhill, William D. Hartung
Despite debt ceiling compromise, the Pentagon will continue to prove exempt from ceilings of any sort
The US will send depleted uranium munitions to Ukraine — a health physicist explains what that means
Kathryn Higley
Depleted uranium is about 40% less radioactive than natural uranium, but it's still toxic
My visit to Mars, in NYC: Is living on a smoke-bomb planet our future?
Tom Engelhardt
That poisonous orange haze in New York was the 9/11 moment for climate change — or at least it should have been
Why Trump hoarded classified documents: More than “trophies,” they are weapons
Amanda Marcotte
The indictment hints that Trump saw the documents not just as prizes, but leverage to gain political advantage
Americans in pain: Confronting the phantom limbs of America’s foreign wars
Andrea Mazzarino
The wound of the War on Terror, up close and personal
Clinging bitterly to guns and religion: The end stage of American empire
William Astore
An iron curtain has descended on America
Seduced by war yet again: Why Washington is underwriting violence in Ukraine
Andrew Bacevich
Ukraine has battled courageously — but the U.S. proxy war with Russia has nothing to do with defending democracy
Aggression made easy: The wars we don’t (care to) see
David Barsamian, Norman Solomon
Few Americans have any sense of just how devastating (not to say unsuccessful) the war on terror has been
“We leave these places in ruins”: How the white lens on “Kandahar” reflects the human cost
Gary M. Kramer
Filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh on how Gerard Butler action film had to be rewritten when U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan
Crimes against humanity, American-style: United States continues quest to hide torture
Karen J. Greenberg
Will we ever know the full story of the horrific global torture regime U.S. established in the War on Terror?
From Fonzie to Cousineau, Henry Winkler shares his 50-year acting secret: “Cool is authenticity”
D. Watkins
The "Happy Days" actor discusses "Barry," acting fears, writing children's books and what he wants to tackle next
The army we don’t see: The private soldiers who fight in America’s name
Andrea Mazzarino
While Putin embraces private contractors, the US seldom acknowledges its own version of the privatization of war
King Charles III’s coronation: The bloody history behind some of the crown jewels
Alison Stine
What will be absent from the crowns when Charles is officially made king
What if George W. Bush was right? “Mission Accomplished,” 20 years later
Norman Solomon
Bush’s infamously premature claim unraveled as combat escalated between Iraqi insurgents and occupying forces
War, what is it good for? Remarkably little if you’re a “great” power in the twenty-first century
Tom Engelhardt
There simply is nothing great about them, except their power to destroy not just the enemy, but themselves as well
White power movements in US often rely on veterans – and not on lone wolves
Kathleen Belew
White power movement is example of broader failure to support veterans and to reckon with the cost of warfare
Leaked papers reveal reality behind Ukraine war propaganda — and it’s grim
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Corporate media have assured us the war's going well and Ukraine will win. That now looks like disinformation
Finland’s move into NATO ends an era of neutrality in Europe: What comes next?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Finland was a model of successful neutrality for 75 years. This tectonic shift signals a dangerous new world
American prophet: Nearing the end of his life, Daniel Ellsberg can’t be confined to the past
Norman Solomon
The establishment has tried to sanitize Ellsberg. But his lessons on the madness of war are even more relevant now
Bronze Age Europeans were getting high on all kinds of drugs, hair analysis study finds
Troy Farah
Drug testing the hair of Bronze Age cadavers reveals they regularly used drugs like ephedrine and scopolamine
Will it never stop?: From forever war to eternal war
Karen J. Greenberg
Who even remembers when the First World War was known as “the war to end all wars?”
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