Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11 Corporate America Cashed In on 9/11
The Pentagon’s spending surge made corporations a windfall.
Sep 24, 2021 / William D. Hartung
Uniting Against the American War Machine Uniting Against the American War Machine
Twenty years and trillions of dollars later, the US counterinsurgency in Afghanistan failed—so when will we stop rewarding the military-industrial complex?
Sep 22, 2021 / William Astore
It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex It’s Time to Break Up the Military-Industrial Complex
Despite the end of two decades of war, a congressional committee just voted to increase the Pentagon’s budget by $24 billion.
Sep 21, 2021 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending Progressive Democrats Fight to Limit Defense Spending
The House is poised to pass a military budget this week that’s even bigger than President Joe Biden requested, but left-leaning lawmakers are putting up a fight.
Sep 21, 2021 / Aída Chávez
When Biden Met Bennett—and Gave His Blessing to Impunity When Biden Met Bennett—and Gave His Blessing to Impunity
No country has been in a better position to impose pressure on Israel than the United States, but most presidents never tried—including the current one.
Sep 20, 2021 / Henry Siegman
America’s Afghanistan Amnesia America’s Afghanistan Amnesia
To scapegoat Joe Biden, the national security establishment covered up two decades of lies.
Sep 16, 2021 / Jeet Heer
What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan? What Can We Learn From the War in Afghanistan?
Four lessons worth considering.
Sep 16, 2021 / Rajan Menon
Blinken Derangement Syndrome Blinken Derangement Syndrome
The party that brought us the Benghazi hearings has a new obsession.
Sep 15, 2021 / John Nichols
Blinken and Biden Are Right: Afghanistan Is Not Saigon Blinken and Biden Are Right: Afghanistan Is Not Saigon
But not in the way they think.
Sep 15, 2021 / Alfred McCoy
Germany’s Secret Success: Turning Immigration Into a Nonissue Germany’s Secret Success: Turning Immigration Into a Nonissue
Despite predictions of electoral disaster, Angela Merkel’s decision to admit 1.7 million asylum seekers has become politically popular.
Sep 14, 2021 / Linda Mannheim