We’re not living beyond our means. We’re surviving beyond our wages.

My article for the November issue of @newrepublic.com looks at the consumer debt crisis—a story that the news media has struggled to adequately cover.
newrepublic.com/article/2011...

Five companies dominate American weapons production. They’re funded by taxpayers but accountable to corporate shareholders. I make the case for nationalizing them for Compact Magazine.
www.compactmag.com/article/nati...

FBI's domestic terror watchlist expected to DOUBLE in size as a result of NSPM-7, the new presidential directive targeting "anti-Christian," "anti-capitalism" and "anti-American" speech:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

we have always had a "Department of War," from @indigoolivier.bsky.social

newrepublic.com/article/2000...

“Defense” was the ultimate euphemism that gave America’s wars a moral gloss.

my latest @newrepublic.com
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With the news that President Trump has taken a sudden interest in renaming the Department of Defense the “Department of War,” one has to wonder: Was the U.S. military really in need of some kind of hypermuscular rebrand?

New @indigoolivier.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2000...

I wrote about how, in renaming the Department of Defense, Trump is telling the truth about American empire.

Trump wants the government to own more of corporate America. Rather than scoffing, Democrats should ask: why stop at Intel? Why not defense and fossil fuels?
newrepublic.com/article/1998...

“In a country where birth is politicized, life is unaffordable, and death is ambient, it’s not hard to understand how anti-life philosophies might take root and flourish.”

I wrote about the IVF bomber’s manifesto for @newrepublic
newrepublic.com/article/1956...

I wrote about Trump's attacks on international students, the chilling effect it's having on campuses, and how it's part of a broader war on higher ed.
newrepublic.com/article/1951...

"What’s unfolding is not just a moral panic over campus protests, but a structural power grab: The ultimate goal is not merely to silence dissent, but to fundamentally remake higher education." newrepublic.com/article/1945...

Trump’s war on higher education isn’t just about silencing Gaza protesters. It’s part of a broader right-wing project to reassert control over who gets educated—and what they’re allowed to learn.
newrepublic.com/article/1945...

Military contractors have long been a mainstay on college campuses. At least a dozen campuses participated in Lockheed Martin Day to bolster recruitment of STEM students, reports @indigoolivier.bsky.social. inthesetimes.com/article/lock...

The labor movement is the best vehicle for defending all of our rights and advancing society, and it’s even more urgent to strengthen it under Trump.

"Trump’s willingness to question Pentagon spending seems significant, but the deeper reality is that military contractors wield far more influence in Washington than any single man or administration could ever dream of."

The Department of Defense, which commands an $850 billion budget, failed its seventh audit in a row in November. In fact, it’s the only major federal agency that has never passed one.

The Pentagon is the only major federal agency that has never passed an audit. War profiteering has been a problem since the Civil War and it’s only getting worse. If DOGE is serious about rooting out waste, it should start there—not USAID.
newrepublic.com/article/1916...