Boeing 737 Max 8s Under Scrutiny After Ethiopia Crash

ELIAS MESERET and YIDNEK KIRUBEL / The Associated Press Mar 11, 2019 Several airlines ground the jetliners as a safety precaution after the second tragic crash involving the planes in five months. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Arms Industry Is Taking Over Trump’s Pentagon

MANDY SMITHBERGER and WILLIAM D. HARTUNG / TomDispatch Jan 31, 2019 Rather than curbing the blatant conflicts inherent in the revolving door he previously criticized, the president is accelerating them. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

America Has the Highly Combustible Economy It Deserves

Marshall Auerback / Independent Media Institute Dec 18, 2018 When you build an entire system around the stock market's performance, these are the erratic, frequently disastrous results. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Corporations Are Waging All-Out Class War

Jim Hightower / OtherWords Sep 2, 2018 Four tech superpowers raked in half of this year’s stock price gains by the 500 largest corporations. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Contradictions of John McCain

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Aug 26, 2018 In this repost of a 2008 Truthdig article, Editor in Chief Robert Scheer analyzes the inconsistencies in the political career of the senator, then the Republican candidate for the presidency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Iran Sanctions May Hit European Firms, Boeing Hard

MARTIN CRUTSINGER and ANGELA CHARLTON / The Associated Press May 9, 2018 Major companies could see billions of dollars in commercial deals canceled, although the ultimate impact remains unclear due to the possibility of renegotiations and exemptions, experts say. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal

William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Apr 2, 2018 The president's arms sales are meant to promote pork-barrel politics, while pumping up the profits of U.S. weapons manufacturers. As for human rights or human lives, who cares? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

When a Trillion Dollars’ Worth of Bombs Is Not Enough

Adam Johnson / FAIR Mar 9, 2018 For The New York Times, the United States always seems to be lagging behind the Russian menace. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Plans for Steel Tariffs Sink U.S. Stocks

The Associated Press Mar 1, 2018 The Dow Jones industrial average falls 420 points, or 1.7 percent, to 24,608, on worries that the president's planned tariffs will lead to retaliation from other countries. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Dow Drops Another 1,000 Points as Selling Spreads

MARLEY JAY / The Associated Press Feb 8, 2018 The Dow and the Standard & Poor's 500 market indexes have dropped 10 percent from their all-time highs, set Jan. 26. This puts them in what Wall Street calls a correction, their first in almost two years. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How to Reel In the U.S. War Machine

Medea Benjamin / Truthdig Feb 5, 2018 As Congress feeds the merchants of death, the people must divest and eat away at the profits of those who make a killing on killing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Costs of Freedom

By John Laurits / JohnLaurits.com Jan 16, 2018 Americans have been complaining a lot about aid cuts to the nation's needy and the lack of health care. Don't they understand how much it costs to keep using drones to blow up weddings in Yemen? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )