US military soldiers from the 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force pose with a Nazi SS flag in Afghanistan in 2010.As the US spends more on military than the next 10 countries combined, with 700+ foreign military bases, the domestic political winds are beginnin...
It’s always been an oddly confusing experience growing up both adhering to some and defying other gender stereotypes of what people expect from men. I write about my experience today as both a therapeutic “coming out” experience for myself, as well as encouragement for anybody else out there who face...
Turn on cable news in America and you’re sure to hear politicians talk about the importance of countering China or Russia, portraying them in a disproportionately negative light and highlighting the importance of “Great Power competition.”In some ways it makes sense: these are three of only five countrie...
Throughout my life, it has never made sense to me that 1% of the population is allowed to have extreme wealth while 40% of Americans are one emergency away from poverty. It’s even worse on a global scale, with just 8 men having as much wealth as 3.6 billion people.This is the continued legacy of capitalis...