Tom Dispatch

What the US Military Doesn't Get About the Afghan War

For over a decade, the Pentagon has been trying to capture and kill its way to victory in Afghanistan through conventional offensives. But the plan still isn't working.

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| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 9:46 AM PDT

Sweatshop Labor Is Back With a Vengeance

The new face of sweatshop labor: prisoners.

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| Thu Apr. 19, 2012 12:37 PM PDT

How Pakistan Makes Washington Pay for the Afghan War

The US needs access to the Pakistani border into Afghanistan, so Pakistan is playing its advantage for all it's worth.

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| Tue Apr. 17, 2012 11:29 AM PDT

What's the Difference Between War Crimes and Regular Old War?

Wikileaks' war logs show that international humanitarian law is less concerned with restraining military violence than licensing it.

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| Mon Apr. 16, 2012 12:13 PM PDT

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Why Blockading Iran Could Lead to Global Disaster

Economic war will not take down the Iranian government, but it could lead to actual armed war.

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| Thu Apr. 12, 2012 10:22 AM PDT

What the Afghan War Has in Common With the Vietnam War

Civilian massacres, no end in sight, and mounting public disapproval are just a start.

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| Tue Apr. 10, 2012 12:18 PM PDT
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Confessions of an Iraq War Whistleblower

The State Department fired me for telling the truth about US failures in Iraq. Here's why I don't regret it.

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| Mon Apr. 9, 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Why We Should End Handouts to Oil and Gas Companies

The fossil fuel business is wrecking our planet, and we're paying them a multibillion dollar bonus to do it.

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| Thu Apr. 5, 2012 11:01 AM PDT

The US Government Is Data Mining You

As the US Intelligence Community's already vast powers grow, your civil liberties shrink.

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| Tue Apr. 3, 2012 11:20 AM PDT

Fracking Our Way to a Toxic Planet

When corporations roll back environmental protections to exploit our natural resources, they're also exploiting us.

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| Mon Apr. 2, 2012 12:21 PM PDT

Islamophobia and the 2010 Election

Though Obama's policies on Islam and the Middle East differ little from his Republican challengers, the right still claims he is pro-Islamic.

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| Thu Mar. 29, 2012 12:12 PM PDT

50 Years From Now, What Will the World Be Like?

If we continue felling the forests, polluting the earth, and using up all the water, our grandchildren won't have much of a planet left.

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| Tue Mar. 27, 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Homeland Security Goes to College

How college campuses became a Homeland Security battleground.

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| Thu Mar. 22, 2012 1:24 PM PDT

Throwing Money at the Pentagon

When it comes to military spending, the leading Republican presidential candidates seem to only know how to add and multiply, never subtract or divide.

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| Tue Mar. 20, 2012 12:16 PM PDT

Five Ways US National Security Policies Will Erode Civil Liberties in 2012

Brace yourself: Drone killings of US citizens will continue, more government whistleblowers will be brought to trial, and Washington will become even more secretive.

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| Mon Mar. 19, 2012 2:18 PM PDT
Unemployed men at the Volunteers of America Soup Kitchen in 1936.

How We Cured “The Culture of Poverty,” Not Poverty Itself

As growing numbers of America's middle class join the ranks of the poor, old generalizations about poverty make less sense than they ever did.

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| Thu Mar. 15, 2012 9:58 AM PDT

Why High Gas Prices Are Here to Stay

Most of the world's "easy oil" reserves have been depleted. What's left is harder to extract and refine—and will cost more.

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| Tue Mar. 13, 2012 11:50 AM PDT

A New State of Aggression

President Obama's promise to use military force to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon takes the Bush administration's preemptive war policies a step further.

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| Mon Mar. 12, 2012 12:40 PM PDT

Why Washington's Plan to Keep Building the Afghan Army Is a Bad Idea

Consider the country's history: No Afghan National Army has ever warded off a single foreign enemy or done a lick of good for any Afghan ruler.

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| Thu Mar. 8, 2012 3:55 PM PST

Corporate Whistleblowers Get the Silent Treatment

Why does Washington ignore people who blow the whistle on corporate fraud?

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| Tue Mar. 6, 2012 1:24 PM PST