I have been reading Joseph Roth at a plastic table in front of a bar in the Plaza Mayor of a small town in Extremadura whose name, should I give it, would

In November 1969, journalist Seymour Hersh, with the help of whistleblower Ronald Ridenhour, stunned a broad swath of the public by managing to get the

I have been a vegan for a number of years, but have kept it low key. I am surrounded by meat eaters and “vegetarians” and have been too self-conscious to

For nearly four decades, American political discourse worked assiduously to sideline the subject of class. This was not because economic inequality had

Ever since I moved to Chicago in 1993, May Day has progressively degenerated throughout the years, despite moving into the mainstream in a herky-jerky

Americans have seen this pattern before. A president moves toward war. Intelligence is stretched. Foreign allies make the hardest push. Friendly media

GDP grew at a 2.0 percent annual rate in the first quarter, driven by large increases in investment and government spending. Non-residential investment

On April 23, President Trump unveiled a drug pricing deal with Regeneron, which became the 17th company to strike a deal as part of what is known as the

The images coming out of Luanda and Douala this weekend offer a striking contrast to the rhetoric emanating from Washington. While the White House

Louts pressing false claims, faux principled types seeking to score successes against clearly useless targets.  Jules Hurst, in trying to discharge the

There is one thread that holds the cloth of democracy together.  That is the Rule of Law.  For the most part, we take the rule of law for granted; we

The unusually peaceful end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union did not bring us peace.  Instead, the world has faced endless regional and ethnic wars, terrorism, and other human disasters.  This situation helped create a unipolar world, enabling…

Perhaps theologian Walter Wink can help us understand Pete Hegseth, America’s self-declared “secretary of war” and spokesman, for God’s sake . . . for

What are the indicators of a presumed democracy either faltering or fortifying itself against the buffeting or destructive forces of dictatorial

In an age when identity is policed by political tests and theological purity codes, the claim that no single tradition holds a monopoly on truth can sound

Unlike every other TomDispatch piece, this one won’t be broken up with section titles for a simple reason. It’s all about Donald J. Trump and when it

As another week of Trump’s war begins, it becomes ever more clear that all his presumptions about how the war would go have proven wrong. Iran’s economy

GDP Growth Was Driven by a Jump in Federal Government Spending Spending by the federal government fell at a 16.6% annual rate in the 4th quarter. This was

Across the country, resistance to data centers is rising even as plans are steadily being made to build new ones. According to the Pew Research Center, a

Al King and other United Steelworkers (USW) activists spent much of the past year piecing together support for about 600 union miners in Minnesota laid