Will Las Vegas Attack Lead to Common-Sense U.S. Gun Policy?

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Oct 2, 2017 Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack by suspected shooter Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old white man, but U.S. officials see no connection. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Washington Post Keeps Running Op-Eds by Lobbyists Pushing Their Clients’ Weapons

By Adam Johnson / AlterNet May 27, 2017 They never disclose conflicts of interests. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Manna From Hell

By Jim Hightower / OtherWords Feb 1, 2016 War is hell. Unless, of course, you happen to be a global corporate peddler of rockets, drones, bombs and all the other hellish weaponry of military conflict. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

AUDIO: Defense Contractors Tell Investors That Escalating Conflicts Are Good for Business

Staff / Truthdig Dec 5, 2015 Major defense contractors Raytheon, Oshkosh and Lockheed Martin assured investors at a conference in West Palm Beach, Fla, recently that they stand to profit from escalating conflicts in the Middle East, recently that they stand to profit from escalating conflicts in the Middle East. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Iran Remains a U.S. Enemy Because Military Contractors Want It That Way

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 4, 2015 “The US national security state, which has the power to block any attempt” by President Obama to forge a new, friendlier relationship with Iran, “has fundamental long-term interests in the continuation of the policy of treating Iran as an enemy,” writes Gareth Porter at Al-Jazeera. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Journalist for The Intercept Is Kicked Out of Counterterrorism Conference

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 24, 2015 “We’re not banning you, we’re just not allowing you access,” a security officer told reporter Ryan Gallagher when he showed up at one of the world’s largest annual counterterrorism events. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Lockheed Martin Forecasts Nuclear Fusion in the Back of a Truck in 10 Years

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 16, 2014 The defense contractor said Wednesday that it made a breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, the elusive process the company says can generate nearly 10 million times more energy than the same amount of fossil fuels, The Guardian reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

War’s Biggest Earners

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2012 On the heels of a report on the world's 100 leading arms manufacturers comes a detailed look at the Top 10, which made a combined $230 billion off war and other conflict in 2010. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Arrival of the Warrior Corporation

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Feb 26, 2012 If Apple made weapons, they would undoubtedly be drones, those remotely piloted planes getting such great press in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )