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 )

Americans Want a Functioning Country, Not an Empire

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet Jan 8, 2018 The spending priorities of everyday citizens are not reflected in the massive federal budget, according to a survey of 1,000 Americans taken in December. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Congress Facing Old Standoffs as It Returns

ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR / The Associated Press Jan 2, 2018 The year's first potential calamity is a government shutdown—unless there's a bipartisan spending pact by Jan. 19. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How the Military-Industrial Complex Preys on the Troops

By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Oct 11, 2017 A river of taxpayer money fills the coffers of defense contractors, not the pockets of armed forces members. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Trump Will Address Path Forward on Afghanistan

By Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns / Associated Press Aug 20, 2017 The Pentagon is awaiting final word from the president on a proposal to send nearly 4,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Scheer: Trump Is Giving Hawks Exactly What They Want

Staff / Truthdig Aug 19, 2017 Truthdig's editor in chief says the president is playing into the hands of the military-industrial complex by "jacking up the defense budget." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Transgression

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The Trillion-Dollar ‘National Security’ Budget

By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch Jul 25, 2017 Between Pentagon waste and the U.S. record of misguided wars, it’s clear that much of this spending isn’t making anyone any safer. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

America’s Real Red Scare

By William J. Astore / TomDispatch Jun 9, 2017 More than a generation after defeating the Soviet Union in the Cold War, the United States seems to be emulating some of the worst aspects of its former rival superpower. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Trump Admonishes NATO Member Countries in Speech (Video)

Emma Niles / Truthdig May 26, 2017 The president spoke at a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit in Brussels on Thursday morning, scolding member countries for "not paying what they should be paying." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Hazards of Military Worship

By Danny Sjursen / TomDispatch May 13, 2017 An Army strategist notes that, while everyone loves the troops and their generals, history indicates that military advice isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker

By William D. Hartung / TomDispatch May 10, 2017 It’s a reasonable bet that never in history has a society spent more on war and gotten less bang for its copious bucks. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )