Amy Goodman / TruthdigMar 20, 2014
Three years have passed since the earthquake and tsunami that caused the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and casualties are still mounting. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Harvey Wasserman / TruthdigMar 5, 2014
Fifty-seven years before the USS Ronald Reagan was swept with radiation from the Fukushima meltdown, a similar, terrible fate befell the crew of a small Japanese fishing boat called the "Lucky Dragon." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigFeb 5, 2014
It cost an estimated $218 million in 1950s dollars, and was taken off the Navy's hands for next to nothing. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 31, 2014
The embattled spying bureau will get new leaders as Edward Snowden’s surveillance disclosures continue to embarrass and expose the Obama and Bush administrations. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatchOct 24, 2013
In terms of advanced and unchallenged military power, there has been nothing like the U.S. armed forces since the Mongols swept across Eurasia. No wonder American presidents now regularly use phrases like “the finest fighting force the world has ever known” to describe it. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 16, 2013
At least 12 people were killed in a shooting at a U.S. naval facility in Washington, D.C., on Monday morning. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 21, 2013
American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into the world's largest network of coral structures last week when a training exercise went wrong, the U.S. Navy said. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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