The Demobilization of the American People and the Spectacle of Election 2016

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Oct 29, 2015 At the center of the 2016 election is Donald Trump. For a historical equivalent, you would have to imagine P.T. Barnum running for president. And strangely enough, it all started with 9/11. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Hillary Clinton Hasn’t Learned a Thing From the Iraq Experience

Staff / Truthdig Oct 29, 2015 The former secretary of state could shatter the presidential glass ceiling for women, but as U.S. leader she'd leave the old boys' military-industrial complex intact. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why the U.S. Owns the Rise of Islamic State and the Syria Disaster

By Gareth Porter Oct 8, 2015 Over the past three decades, U.S. covert operations and wars have entered repeatedly and powerfully into the chain of causality leading to Islamic State’s present power. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The American Military Uncontained

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch May 14, 2015 Despite all the happy talk about a “new world order” after the Cold War, the U.S. military never gave a serious thought to becoming a “normal” military for normal times. Instead, in the words of Conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer, our leaders sought to "reshape norms, alter expectations, and create new realities" by "unapologetic and implacable demonstrations of will." Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Interview: Robert Scheer and Chris Hedges on the Military-Industrial-Intelligence Complex (Part 1)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 13, 2015 In the first part of a wide-ranging, seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “They Know Everything About You,” Scheer says the US government and private industry have merged to turn the Internet into a massive machine for simultaneously selling to and spying on AmericansIn the first part of a seven-part discussion about Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer’s new book, “<a href="https://www. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Global Drone Trade, by the Numbers

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 16, 2015 More drones are being transferred between countries than ever before, says the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Here’s How the U.S., China and Russia Are Supplying Islamic State’s Weapons

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 8, 2014 The U.S. is preparing to send more military supplies to the Middle East to fight Islamic State at the same time a report has revealed that many of the radical group's weapons come from America. So how can we be sure the deadly equipment we're sending won't end up in the same hands? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Sorry Boy

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Oct 5, 2014 Dig deeper

Has Surplus Military Gear Wound Up in Your City?

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 22, 2014 An interactive map of American counties lets readers see how many aircraft, armored vehicles, body armor, grenade launchers, vision accessories and assault rifles left over from the military-industrial complex's bloody adventures in the Middle East have ended up in their hometown. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Fourth Branch

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Aug 4, 2014 As every schoolchild knows, there are three check-and-balance branches of the U.S. government: the executive, Congress, and the judiciary. That’s bedrock Americanism and the most basic high school civics material. Only one problem: It’s just not so. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Obama’s $1 Billion Offer to Strengthen European Forces Gets Kremlin’s Attention

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jun 4, 2014 In Warsaw on Tuesday, President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for $1 billion to fund a European Reassurance Initiative. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

They Are Watching You

By Todd Miller, TomDispatch Apr 24, 2014 It is here at the Border Security Expo 2014 that U.S. Homeland Security officials, local law enforcement, and border forces from all over the world talk contracts with private industry representatives, exhibit their techno-optimism, and begin to hammer out a future of ever more hardened, up-armored national and international boundaries. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )