Actually, the US Has a Rich Tradition of Military Parades. But Normally They’re After Military Victories and Stuff.
Harry Harris/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As has now been widely reported, in a meeting last month, President Trump told high-ranking military officials that he wanted a military parade. But over history the United States has generally left military parades as a chest-thumping show of force to less self-assured despots—and Russia. The…
11 Historical Moments That Gave Us President Trump
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by TomDispatch. The present arrives out of a past that we are too quick to forget, misremember, or enshroud in myth. Yet like it or not, the present is the product of past choices. Different decisions back then might have yielded…
A Three-Day Shutdown Is About All West Point Can Handle
Lt. Col. Frederick Black instructs a class at the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, N.Y., on April 21, 2017.Richard Drew/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday, as federal agencies kicked off the first workday of the government shutdown, the United States Military Academy at West Point faced a…
How Do I Reassure My Children About the Future When the Future Is Terrifying?
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story first appeared at TomDispatch.com. As a mother and an activist, here’s what I’ve concluded as 2018 begins: It’s getting harder and harder to think about the future—at least in that soaring Whitney Houston fashion. You know the song: “I believe…
How a Young Army Officer Built America’s Empire of Paranoia From 85,000 Index Cards
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Manila, 1901. The city is a steamy mix of grand Spanish colonial buildings mildewed from tropical humidity, the ramshackle dwellings of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, and horse-drawn wagons rumbling through squares and gates with names like Plaza de Cervantes and Puerta de Isabel II.…
Here Are the Biggest Legal Challenges Facing Trump’s Agenda in 2018
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration’s lawyers have had quite the year. Between lawsuits claiming the president illegally accepted gifts from foreign governments and a defamation case from an Apprentice alumna who has accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct, the White House legal team has faced one…