Jake Johnson / Common DreamsApr 10, 2024
"This year $5,109 of the average American's taxpayer dollars went to fund the military and its support systems," said the co-author of a new analysis. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Julia Gledhill and William D. Hartung / TomDispatchFeb 15, 2023
Tackling Pentagon waste means battling the big weapons makers and asking more of Congress. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Megan Rose / ProPublicaFeb 2, 2023
Despite a 2016 law requiring transparency, new Pentagon rules keep many military court records secret. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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William Astore / TomDispatchFeb 5, 2020
Trump believes America doesn’t win anymore because we're not ruthless enough, but the truth is much simpler and far less bloody. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
William Astore / TomDispatchSep 16, 2019
The Egyptians had pyramids. The Romans had roads, aqueducts, and coliseums. Americans have an absurdly expensive arsenal to fuel our forever wars. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Norman Solomon / TruthdigApr 15, 2019
Left-leaning congressmembers are challenging the wisdom of deference to the military-industrial complex. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Norman Solomon / TruthdigApr 8, 2019
The California representative's prophetic words post-9/11 stand in stark contrast to her recent vote to boost military spending. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Adam Johnson / FAIRMar 20, 2019
You may not know it, but bloated military budgets are actually “progressive.” Or so says a recent opinion piece in Bloomberg News. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Lee Camp / TruthdigDec 18, 2018
Try as apologists in the mainstream media might, there’s no explanation that accounts for the huge amount that’s mysteriously gone missing. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
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