Saqib Rahim / GristJan 6, 2025
Research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect 18,000 lives and $1.8 billion in assets each year and should be protected, for our sake as well theirs. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Lee Camp / TruthdigJun 12, 2019
After being funded by our military, Microsoft teamed up with Pentagon front companies to protect our elections. What could possibly go wrong? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigDec 15, 2013
Google announced Friday that for an undisclosed sum it had acquired Boston Dynamics, a Massachusetts engineering company that designs robots for the Pentagon. It's the eighth robotics company Google has purchased in the last several months. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigOct 5, 2013
You may think the interests and makeup of America's current leadership make this an unideal time to develop galloping robots, but the engineers at Boston Dynamics don't. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Subhankar Banerjee, ClimateStoryTellersJul 22, 2013
Describing the U.S. government is becoming increasingly complicated: “petro–imperial," "coal–fired," "plutocratic," "oligarchic," "inverted totalitarian," "fascist," "propagandistic," "Big Brother.” Things are beginning to simplify though. Soon you’ll be able to refer to the institution with a single idea from "Star Trek": the Borg. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
By Tom EngelhardtFeb 6, 2012
The defense cuts that will change the American way of war may mean little in monetary terms, but in imperial terms they will make a difference: They will offer a direct challenge to national sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
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