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Tom Engelhardt

Tom Engelhardt is a co-founder of the American Empire Project and the author of a history of the Cold War, The End of Victory Culture. He is a fellow of the Nation Institute and runs TomDispatch.com. His sixth and latest book is A Nation Unmade by War (Dispatch Books).

Former president Donald Trump, speaks at a Club 47 USA event in West Palm Beach, Florida on October 11, 2023. (Saul Martinez for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s bankrupt empire

Tom Engelhardt
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump | Firefighters work on a fire on a building after bombings on the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv on February 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces are trying to invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south, the border guard service said. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Another world war? We are already there

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Phrase on gun mount protective shield probably accurately expresses thoughts of GI tank crew member as elements of US armored units move back into combat base, Sept. 30th, 1971, recently turned over to Vietnamese forces. (Getty Images/Bettmann)

America is the last global superpower — but the ride’s almost over

Tom Engelhardt
A person looks out at the New York City skyline as it's covered with haze and smoke from Canada wildfires on June 7, 2023 in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

My visit to Mars, in NYC: Is living on a smoke-bomb planet our future?

Tom Engelhardt
A peace activist holds a peace sign (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

War, what is it good for? Remarkably little if you’re a “great” power in the twenty-first century

Tom Engelhardt
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listens as Former President Donald Trump speaks at the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda summit at the Marriott Marquis on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

McCarthyism, then and now: The (true) one-party state in America

Tom Engelhardt
Activists look on as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference about climate change outside the U.S. Capitol on July 28, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

When will climate change become the crucial issue in American elections?

Tom Engelhardt
Close-Up Of Burning Book On A Bench. (Valentina Morozova / EyeEm / Getty Images)

“It’s painful”: Book publisher reflects on burning books — or rather book companies

Tom Engelhardt
A Soviet soldier runs past a burning German tank in the battle for Kiev during World War II. (CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Ukraine in perspective: Is war in Europe shocking and unusual? Hardly

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump | Aliens (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Welcome to the Martians! We now live in a world stranger than science fiction

Tom Engelhardt
An upside-down American flag bearing the names of people killed by police is displayed during a protest on April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Welcome to the last years of the American Century: It’s been an unmitigated disaster

Tom Engelhardt
Embers fall around a photographer as the Creek Fire rapidly expands on September 8, 2020 near Shaver Lake, California. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

The not-so-slow-motion climate apocalypse is happening right in front of our eyes

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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The imperial presidency comes home to roost

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President Donald J. Trump smiles while addressing delegates on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on August 24, 2020 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The four-day event is themed "Honoring the Great American Story." (David T. Foster III-Pool/Getty Images)

Demining America after Donald Trump

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump and George W. Bush (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What If, after 9/11, George W. Bush had just thrown a bunch of parties?

Tom Engelhardt
Rudolph Giuliani, attorney for President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee, on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Thursday, November 19, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The history of the decline and fall of the American empire

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

State of chaos: Trump knew us better than we knew ourselves

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump on energy efficiency (Getty/Salon)

State of Chaos: Donald Trump knew us better than we knew ourselves

Tom Engelhardt
(Reuters/David Moir)

We’ve been on Donald Trump’s road for a long, long time

Tom Engelhardt
(Getty/Don Emmert)

A vote for the apocalypse

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump | Trump supporters and a man with an assault rifle join demonstrators outside the Pennsylvania Capitol Building to protest the continued closure of businesses due to the coronavirus pandemic on May 15, 2020 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Fourth world: American carnage from a pandemic president

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump, with police tear-gassing protesters and a scientist working in a vaccine lab (Getty Images/Salon)

Birth of a nation: The unexpected past, the unknown future

Tom Engelhardt
Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Osama Bin Laden, and aliens (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

“The bleeding wound”: How Trump’s presidency proves Osama bin Laden won

Tom Engelhardt
A torn and burnt upside down American flag hangs, as protesters march through the streets (SETH HERALD/AFP via Getty Images)

The age of disappointment?

Tom Engelhardt
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