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Commandos sans frontières: The global growth of U.S. special operations forces
Nick Turse
Special Operations forces have been in a state of transformation ever since September 11, 2001
Why Russian spies really like American universities
Daniel Golden
Maria Butina may be only the latest in a long line of Russian agents to go undercover on U.S. campuses
National (in)security: The wages of poverty in America
Rajan Menon
"National security" has an implication for Americans that doesn't fit with what it really means
The id of Trump, the economics of place and our empty national soul
Bob Hennelly
The nation shopped while our democracy crumbled, and this escapist consumerism is what birthed Trump
America’s addictions: Overdosing in Twenty-First Century America
Tom Engelhardt
Opioids, Donald Trump and war
When women stop coloring their gray hair: “I felt naked. I felt scared. I felt excited. I felt free”
Amy Gesenhues
To gray or not to gray? That is the question for women in their 30s and beyond, who consider giving up the dye job
Books FTW! Summer reading challenges to hook kids on books
Frannie Ucciferri
Inspire kids to keep reading over the summer with these challenges for all ages, interests, and reading levels
America’s real Muslim problem is Islamophobia
Sophia A. McClennen
There's a common perception that Muslims pose a threat to the security of the U.S., but the real threat is to them
Donald Trump dishonors our troops
Lucian K. Truscott IV
The Defense Department is harming national security by discharging immigrants and rebuffing transgender volunteers
Trump’s Mar-a-Lago requests permits to hire dozens of foreign workers for $12.68 an hour
Shira Tarlo
Trump has criticized other U.S. companies for having the same hiring practices as his Mar-a-Lago resort
Ben Foster on his role in indie hit “Leave No Trace”: Stripping down to “whatever is essential”
Andrew O'Hehir
Acclaimed character actor on his star turn as a homeless vet who tries to raise his daughter in the forest
Is the U.S. about to give up on its lawless and catastrophic adventure in Syria?
Patrick Lawrence
The sooner the U.S. closes up shop in Syria, the better
What it means to be an American this Fourth of July
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Things may look bad right now, but we’re in better shape than we think, and this is still a great country
No, Democrats aren’t launching a civil war on July 4. But could it happen here again?
Chauncey DeVega
Salon talks to "American War" author Omar El Akkad about why "the first civil war doesn’t feel to have truly ended"
Credit-card wars: How America’s wars fund inequality at home
Stephanie Savell
Today’s war-financing strategies will only increase inequality
A new world is dawning, and the US will no longer lead it
Gordon Adams
Trump's role in international affairs is costing the U.S. its position as a global superpower
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Tune in for conversations around the evolution of sneaker culture and films “Leave No Trace” and “Shock and Awe”
The military industrial drain
Robert Reich
Since 2001, the Pentagon budget has soared from $456 billion — in today’s dollars — to $700 billion
American wars and self-decline: How the last superpower was unchained
Tom Engelhardt
A twenty-first century history of greed
Donald Trump has been lying since day one
Lucian K. Truscott IV
A look back at his lie-filled announcement for president
Trump: A new Reagan? Or a new Chamberlain?
Alexei Bayer
Trump is weakening the United States, emboldening its enemies and shattering the world order.
God-emperor Donald Trump wants to rule the world: The good news is he’s terrible at it
Heather Digby Parton
Trump is now testing, and stretching, the limits of presidential power, both at home and abroad. It's not good
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