US Wars and Military Action

Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous

Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous Military Flyovers at NFL Games Are Ridiculous

Troy Aikman and Joe Buck would be right to call them out for what they are: outrageously wasteful publicity stunts.

Oct 21, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Reimagining American Foreign Policy

Reimagining American Foreign Policy Reimagining American Foreign Policy

A new book examines the narrative framework around internationalism that foreign-policy elites coined in the 1940s, and which has shaped the world we live in.

Oct 20, 2020 / Andrew J. Bacevich

A Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning fighter jet is shown at the Singapore Airshow in 2014

The US Is Still the World’s Biggest Arms Dealer The US Is Still the World’s Biggest Arms Dealer

Regardless of who is elected president this November, American arms businesses will continue to export arsenals to the Middle East and around the world.

Oct 14, 2020 / William D. Hartung

trump in iraq

An October Surprise of a Military Kind An October Surprise of a Military Kind

When all else fails, start a war.

Oct 12, 2020 / Michael T. Klare

How America Turned on Itself

How America Turned on Itself How America Turned on Itself

Amid talk of “civil war,” it’s impossible to imagine the violence of this moment in the absence of America’s forever wars abroad.

Oct 6, 2020 / Andrew McCormick

Burning Man 2020

Burning Man 2020 Burning Man 2020

Top of the world, ma.

Oct 6, 2020 / OppArt / Steve Brodner

31 Days Until the Election

31 Days Until the Election 31 Days Until the Election

Vanity UnFair: Trump dismantles democracy.

Oct 3, 2020 / OppArt / Mark Bryan

Trump Embodies America’s Dreams of Destruction

Trump Embodies America’s Dreams of Destruction Trump Embodies America’s Dreams of Destruction

The president’s threats are strangely unexceptional and unnervingly all-American.

Oct 1, 2020 / William J. Astore

Hiroshima

How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War How a News Report on Hiroshima Helped Prevent Nuclear War

In 1946, a New Yorker report following six survivors of the Hiroshima atomic blast forced an entire country to look in the mirror.

Sep 28, 2020 / Nick Turse

Countdown to Election: 52 Days

Countdown to Election: 52 Days Countdown to Election: 52 Days

Nothing comic about Trump’s actions.

Sep 19, 2020 / OppArt / R. Sikoryak

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