Tag: Pentagon
How the Pentagon devours the budget
While the Trump administration is preparing to launch full-scale assaults on food stamps, Medicaid, and Medicare, it’s war on everything except the U.S. military.
The light at the end of the corner
Bad as things are right now, experience tells us – or at least our military commanders swear to it – that they’ll get better sooner or later.
The Pentagon’s plan for never-ending war
We desperately need a new real security strategy, and a revolt against endless war to give it traction.
The 1967 mobilization against the war in Vietnam: Confrontation at the...
Hopefully we can all learn something useful for today by looking back at this crucial event through the eyes of someone whose worldview was shaped by his participation in it.
The scandal of Pentagon spending
Your tax dollars support troops of defense contractor CEOs.
Pentagon moves ahead with Obama-era climate preparation plan despite Trump’s orders
Unlike his White House boss, Defense Sec. Jim Mattis does not believe that climate change is a "hoax" invented by the Chinese.
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Not very bright
How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?
Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan
As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.
Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands
A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.
Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos
A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.
Israeli soldiers expose ‘kill zone’ campaign in Gaza, citing war crimes and systematic devastation
A new report from Breaking the Silence reveals shocking testimony from Israeli troops describing the creation of a lethal buffer zone inside Gaza, the deliberate razing of civilian infrastructure, and the normalization of killing civilians.