The Pentagon’s Trillion-Dollar Boondoggle

William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger / TomDispatch May 7, 2019 America's military spending has spiraled completely out of control. Lockheed Martin and its cohorts are laughing all the way to the bank. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

The Pentagon Effectively Owns Trump Now

William Astore / TomDispatch May 2, 2019 For all his strongman rhetoric and posturing, the president has proved himself all too eager to do the military industry complex's bidding. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

American History for Truthdiggers: Vietnam, a U.S. Tragedy

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Apr 20, 2019 Our military intervention there in the 1960s and ’70s cost 58,000 U.S. lives and created a gash in our nation's psyche that never healed. Dig deeper ( 27 Min. Read )

Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake? No.

Rory Fanning, Joe Allen / Truthdig Apr 16, 2019 With all due respect, there is a better way to imperil the U.S. military’s imperial project than to reinstate the draft. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Only Way White Supremacy Is Defeated

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 5, 2019 Professor and activist Melina Abdullah dissects the dangers of Donald Trump's presidency, the legacy of the Black Power Movement and more. Dig deeper ( 20 Min. Read )

Vietnamese Woman Sentenced in Slaying of Kim Jong Un’s Brother

EILEEN NG / The Associated Press Mar 31, 2019 Originally charged with murder, she pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Kim Jong Nam died after being accosted by two women at an airport. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How the U.S. Navy Sold the Vietnam War

Gareth Porter / Truthdig Mar 27, 2019 Tom Dooley's popular book, “Deliver Us From Evil,” was only one way the U.S. Navy doctor pushed American propaganda to the public. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Fascism by Another Name

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Mar 12, 2019 In The Atlantic, David Frum argues that liberals must curtail immigration—or authoritarians will. He’s already chosen his side. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 8, 2019 Professor Stephen Cohen and The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel explore the ramifications of the media's neo-McCarthyist fearmongering. Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )

North Korea’s Kim Leaves Vietnam After Summit Breakdown

FOSTER KLUG and EMILY WANG / The Associated Press Mar 2, 2019 Kim spends his last day in Hanoi laying wreaths at a war memorial and at the mausoleum of Vietnamese national hero Ho Chi Minh. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

North Korea Says Trump Overstated Kim’s Demand on Sanctions

ERIC TALMADGE / The Associated Press Mar 1, 2019 Officials maintain the Supreme Leader sought only partial relief, and that he was willing to commit to a permanent halt on missile testing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Donald Trump Blew His Chance at a Deal With North Korea

Greg Wilpert / The Real News Network Mar 1, 2019 We may never know why the denuclearization talks collapsed, but the president appears to have bowed to the hardliners in his cabinet. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )