While profit has long been part of war, the MIC is a relatively new, post-World War II phenomenon that formed thanks to a series of choices made over time. Like other processes, like other choices, they can be reversed and the MIC can be dismantled. We need to talk about …

It clears up a lot of confusion when you understand that the US empire is not a national government which happens to run nonstop military operations, it’s a nonstop military operation that happens to run a national government. The wars are not designed to serve the interests of the United …

If anyone is perplexed or surprised  why Americans are so upset about the economy, they should look no further than the Income Distribution and Dynamics in America (IDDA) recent report by the Federal Reserve Board of  Minneapolis and its data site that looks at the stagnation of American income and …

To step back from the precipice we are at, those in positions of power must show long-view leadership to build a better world for current and future generations. But time is running out. Note: At the conclusion of their board meeting in São Paulo, The Elders this week called on world …

It will be a few weeks before the fallout of the Trump guilty verdict can be properly assessed. But what won’t change are the fundamental problems facing President Biden’s re-election campaign. Of course, Team Biden remains in the denial stage about “misinformed” voters, unfair media and the whole typical menu of excuses …

A top immigration advocacy group is pushing the press to focus immigration coverage on former President Trump’s promise of mass deportations, a series of proposals they say would wreak havoc on immigrant communities and the economy in general. In a memo to the country’s editorial boards, America’s Voice Executive Director …

A Los Angeles construction worker injured his back, leaving him unable to work. He and his wife lost their home and ended up living outdoors. They diligently signed up for lists to get subsidized housing and waited for years with no progress. The police repeatedly would wake them early in …

It was a vicious campaign. The Republican challenger to the incumbent Democratic president hurled scurrilous accusations that he was conspiring with others to alter the election outcome. No, this was not 2024, but the campaign of 1940. The Republican nominee for president that year, Wendell Willkie, accused Franklin D. Roosevelt …

U.S. leaders once understood and accepted that strong powers would insist on a security zone and broad sphere of influence in their immediate geographic region. An especially persistent feature of international affairs has been the existence of spheres of influence. Major powers routinely seek to shape the international system to …

Even as artificial intelligence is booming and there will be reportedly 200 zettabytes of data in the world, “we are in another crisis of research access to data,” a former reporter said at Harvard this May. The culprit in that crisis is the double-headed monster of government and the private sector. The effects …