War / Militarism

The real question is not whether the government should spend on job creation. It is whether the government has been spending well.

Lessons from late-Cold War cinema for the post-9/11 era.

In his new "financial history of the world" a historian famous for celebrating empire turns to praise the wonders of capital.

Why it matters to remember the Iraq War's civilian victims.

A series of post-9/11 reflections.

Why it only takes a bit of a bomb-dropping and sabre-rattling to rally the reporters and bestow a presidential aura on our leaders.

‘It’s part of a long and disturbing pattern of Donald Trump using veterans as a political prop, both for his own self-advantage and to advance an agenda of bigotry and hate,’ said Perry O’Brien, a US Army veteran.

Voicing alarm over the U.S. police force's 'warrior mentality.'

Story after story, fueled by leaks from former security contractor Edward Snowden, is uncovering a U.S. surveillance empire with unprecedented reach and breadth.

There is something uniquely disturbing about an industry that not only has incentive to push for war as part of its business plan, but also possesses the lobbying power to move lawmakers who might otherwise object to White House designs.