New Report: Suicide Kills Almost 5 Times as Many U.S. Troops as Combat Does
By Amando Flavio A new report by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has revealed that suicide death among troops on combat missions on…
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US on Nuclear Weapons: Do As I Say Not As I Do
Op-Ed by Michael Hicks Obama recently made another call to end nuclear weapons during his speech at Hiroshima; while I’m sure the words were well-intentioned…
Happy Memorial Day: New Study Finds Soldiers at Highest Risk of Suicide in First Year of Service
By Derrick Broze A new study has confirmed that Army soldiers who are young, new to service, and have never deployed are most at risk…
Activists Successfully End Federal Militarization of Los Angeles School Police Department
By Mike Maharrey Dedicated activists in Los Angeles forced the end to federal militarization of law enforcement on a hyper-local level, demonstrating the power of…
Instead of Watching them Decay, LA is Turning Rundown Motels into Housing for Homeless Veterans
By Jay Syrmopoulos A deal has been approved by the city of Los Angeles that will allow nonprofit and private developers to modify “nuisance” motels…
Police Militarization Program A Federally Sponsored Gunshow That Never Ends
By Mike Maharrey Despite growing awareness and even public outrage in the wake of unrest in Ferguson, the federal government continues to equip state and…
U.S. Army to Test Convoy of Driverless Vehicles on Public Roadways
By Joseph Jankowski The U.S. Army is set to send a convoy of vehicles along a stretch of Interstate 69 in Michigan as part of…
Over Half of Every Tax Dollar You Give to Uncle Sam is Spent on This
By Phillip Schneider Most people probably don’t think too much about this, but are you aware of just how much of your income is being…
Government Secrets: X-37B Plane in Space for a Year Now, Nobody Knows its Mission
By Amando Flavio On May 20th 2015, a special unmanned space plane of the United States Air Force, Boeing X-37B, was deployed to space by…
The US War Machine’s Annual Budget Could Buy Every Homeless American a $1 Million Home
By Jay Syrmopoulos In 2015, the United States spent more on its war machine than the next six countries combined, with a total of $596…
War on Whistleblowers: Manning Appeals Unprecedented 35-Year Prison Sentence
By Michaela Whitton One of the world’s most well-known whistleblowers, Chelsea Manning, has launched a formal appeal against her 35-year sentence. Arguing her punishment is…
US Navy Releases Video of Russian Fighters Buzzing Their Destroyer, But is it Just a Propaganda Hoax?
By Melissa Dykes The video below, released by the US Navy, is supposed to “prove” that Russia was taunting one of America’s destroyers with repeated,…
This US Army Chaplain Just Stood Up to the American “Empire”
By Michaela Whitton A U.S. Army Reserve chaplain has resigned in opposition to U.S. policies on nuclear weapons, militarized drones, and preemptive war. In a…
Elon Musk Just Exposed Billions in Corrupt Pentagon Spending to Weapons Monopoly … Here’s How
By Claire Bernish Lockheed Martin and Boeing continue to hold an unnecessarily costly monopoly on the Defense Department’s space program, despite an alternative that would…