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  • War & Peace
    Demilitarizing Our Democracy
    January 28, 2021
    | William D. Hartung and Mandy Smithberger
    How the National Security State Has Come to Dominate a "Civilian" Government
  • War & Peace
    Indirect Deaths: The Massive and Unseen Costs of America’s Post-9/11 Wars at Home and Abroad
    January 25, 2021
    | Andrea Mazzarino

    "With such human costs of war in mind, it’s a wonder to me that the only bipartisan bill passed by Congress over a presidential veto in the Trump years was the recent monumentally funded $740 billion “defense” bill. Most striking to me, however, amid its massive support for the military-industrial complex, is how little that bill does to expand social support for military families."

  • War & Peace
    Massive Overkill in Nuclear Politics
    November 16, 2017
    | William D. Hartung
    Brought to you by its chief beneficiary: the military-industrial complex.
  • Democracy & Government
    The Last Populist
    August 25, 2017
    | Ryan Cooper
    George McGovern’s alternative path for the Democratic Party.
  • War & Peace
    The American Way of War Is a Budget-Breaker
    May 10, 2017
    | William D. Hartung
    Never has a society spent more for less.
  • War & Peace
    Donald Trump Goes All In for the Military-Industrial Complex
    March 1, 2017
    | John Nichols
    The president’s address signaled his plans for domestic austerity and military bloat.
  • Society
    War Culture, Militarism and Racist Violence Under Trump
    December 16, 2016
    | Henry Giroux
    This election brought back the scourge of authoritarianism in the toxic language of hate, humiliation and bigotry — and in the culture of war and violence.
  • War & Peace
    Trump Could be a Nightmare for the Military-Industrial Complex
    March 25, 2016
    | William Greider
    The Republican front-runner is against nation building. Imagine that.
  • Democracy & Government
    The Deep State and the Growing Militarization of 'Beltwayland'
    January 6, 2016
    | Mike Lofgren
    Welcome to Mike Lofgren’s Washington, DC — a This Town, where the political theater that is endlessly tweeted and blogged about has nothing to do with actual decision making.
  • Highlights: The Deep State Hiding in Plain Sight
    February 24, 2014
    | Karin Kamp
    Watch clips from Bill's interview with a former GOP congressional analyst on the Deep State.


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