Trump, Biden, and other politicians are adopting military rhetoric to comfort Americans. But what they’re really saying is cause for worry.

Nearly a decade after the Arab Spring, America’s preferred dictators are again flailing as they try to rein in their societies.

Democracy, human rights, and rule of law are losing globally. But if Trump wins reelection, the game may be up.

Why did the CBS program ignore a historic Afghanistan cease-fire to profile Eddie Gallagher, the Trump-pardoned Navy SEAL?

An Eagle Scout lays out how the organization was morally bankrupt long before it filed for Chapter 11 protection.

Gina Haspel is not a typical Trump toady, but recent moves suggest a dangerous dynamic between the runaway president and his spy agency.

For years, the party has pushed for lackluster military candidates and a "camouflage wave." In 2020, many veterans on the left have different ideas.

The U.S. has misused its "exorbitant" financial privilege, but American leaders should transform it, not abandon it.

A combat veteran on what Trump doesn't understand about the "invisible wounds" suffered by soldiers in the Iranian attack

In its laser focus on military restraint, the present debate about endless war overlooks the financial architecture of U.S. empire.

Trump's planned expansion of his travel ban is part of a broader authoritarian Big Data grab.

The entrepreneurial warriors' space is so saturated that a top shill now wants to make "Veteran" a brand unto itself, with a capital "V."

Can we avoid the pitfalls of 2003 to build a broadly popular anti-war movement?

Other targets of Trump's strikes were “bad dudes” … as well as recipients of American payoffs in the Iraq War.

But beyond this week’s false headlines, Trump’s double-dealings and war threats have given Tehran every reason to develop a bomb.

The Soleimani assassination and its aftermath suggest that America's top diplomat is really the viceroy of its national security establishment.

The fatal strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has destabilized the world, endangered Americans, and thrilled Republican war hawks.

A brother's death. An honorable discharge. And a harrowing reentry to civilian life.

He’s called for an end to “forever wars,” but the Afghanistan veteran’s security strategy sounds more like the status quo.

Trump continues to boast that he's brought North Korea to heel. The truth is much more dire.