Norman Solomon talks to Katie Halper about how America hides the human toll of its military machine. Norman Solomon is co-founder of…
āIn a dark time,ā poet Theodore RoethkeĀ wrote, āthe eye begins to see.ā Stanley KunitzĀ observed: āIn a murderous time / the heart breaks…
Midway through his cumulatively stunning new book āSoldiers Donāt Go Mad,ā author Charles Glass quotes a declaration from The Times of London…
The Fourth of July — the ultimate patriotic holiday — is approaching again. Politicians orate, American Flags proliferate and, even more than…
A recent Justice DepartmentĀ reportĀ concluded that āsystemicā racial bias in the Minneapolis Police Department āmade what happened to George Floyd possible.ā During the…
Today we speak to Norman Solomon about his new book War Made Invisible: How America Hides the Human Toll of Its Military Machine. Norman…
When Daniel Ellsberg died on Friday, the world lost a transcendent whistleblower with a powerful ethos of compassion and resolve. Ellsbergās renown…
On the first day of March 2022, visitors to the New York Times homepage saw a headline across the top of their…
The physical and psychological distances of high-tech killing have encouraged belief in frequent claims that American warfare has become humane. Such pretenses…
[The following is excerpted and adapted from David Barsamianās recent interview with Norman Solomon atĀ AlternativeRadio.org.] David Barsamian: American Justice Robert Jackson was…
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