Tom Dispatch

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Feast of Fools

How American democracy became the property of a commercial oligarchy.

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| Thu Sep. 20, 2012 4:12 PM PDT
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Terror and Teargas on the Streets of Bahrain

The revolution will not be televised (in the US at least).

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| Thu Sep. 20, 2012 3:47 PM PDT
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Occupying Your Victories on OWS’s First Anniversary

Realism is overrated, but the fact is that the Occupy movement has already had extraordinary results.

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| Mon Sep. 17, 2012 5:33 PM PDT

The Patriotism of the Whistleblower

How whistleblower John Kiriakou is being held accountable for America’s torture policy.

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| Tue Sep. 11, 2012 10:48 AM PDT

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Confessions of an Ex-Republican

I used to be a serious Republican who planned for a career in politics. But there's no place for a moderate like me in today's GOP.

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| Mon Sep. 10, 2012 11:46 AM PDT

The Problem With Obama's "Smart Power" Overseas

How the president's brand of strategic foreign policy has come with its own set of grave issues.

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| Thu Sep. 6, 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Setting the Record Straight on Afghanistan

The total troops in Afghanistan in 2010 topped troops in Iraq at the height of the war.

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| Wed Sep. 5, 2012 2:35 PM PDT

Remembering Our Forgotten War

How long will it actually take for the US to fully withdraw from Afghanistan?

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| Mon Aug. 27, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Big Oil's Scorecard in Iraq

How an American disaster paved the way for Big Oil’s rise—and possible fall—in Iraq.

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| Thu Aug. 23, 2012 12:53 PM PDT

A World of Hillbilly Heroin

The hollowing out of America, up close and personal.

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| Wed Aug. 22, 2012 10:25 AM PDT

The Problem With Men Explaining Things

Countless women are being told that they are not reliable witnesses to their own lives, that the truth is not their property, now or ever.

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 3:38 PM PDT

How Not to Reconstruct Iraq, Afghanistan—or America

A guide to disaster at home and abroad.

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| Thu Aug. 16, 2012 10:30 AM PDT

Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad

How two administrations and both parties made illegality the American way of life.

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| Wed Aug. 15, 2012 10:32 AM PDT

Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War

Meet the election year outsourcing that no one’s talking about.

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| Thu Aug. 9, 2012 10:52 AM PDT

The Hunger Wars in Our Future

How the drought and rising food costs may lead to global social unrest.

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| Wed Aug. 8, 2012 11:06 AM PDT

Saving the Arctic From Big Oil

How to bring the major oil companies ashore and halt the destruction of our oceans.

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| Thu Aug. 2, 2012 1:11 PM PDT

The Rise of "Green-on-Blue" Violence in Afghanistan

This year has seen a dramatic rise in violent attacks against coalition troops by the Afghani police and military they have been charged to train.

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| Wed Aug. 1, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Police Shootings Echo Nationwide

The recent shooting in Anaheim is just one in a long list of recent police brutality cases.

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| Tue Jul. 31, 2012 12:56 PM PDT

The Nature of the U.S. Military Presence in Africa

An exchange between Colonel Tom Davis and Nick Turse.

Thu Jul. 26, 2012 5:13 PM PDT

The "New Climatology" of the West

The West is on the verge of downshifting to a new, perilous level of aridity.

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| Tue Jul. 24, 2012 12:00 PM PDT