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Today’s War-Financing Strategies Will Only Increase Inequality
Today’s war-financing strategy is among the country’s most urgent fiscal challenges.
![Carrying her baby brother on her back, a war weary Korean girl walks by a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea, June, 1951.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-129734972-400x300.jpg)
Suppressing US War Crimes: The Cold War Denial Machine Lives On
Biological warfare remains one of the deepest kept secrets of the Cold War.
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Seymour Hersh on Torture at Abu Ghraib and Secret US Assassination Programs
Sy Hersh looks back at the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal that he exposed nearly 15 years ago.
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Girding for Confrontation: The Pentagon’s Provocative Encirclement of China
The US military is already setting the stage for an eventual confrontation with China.
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump walk during their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island on June 12, 2018, in Singapore.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-971886592-400x300.jpg)
North Korea Agreed to Denuclearize, but When Will the US?
Only global denuclearization can eliminate the unimaginable threat of nuclear war.
![Yemeni war-affected women and girls queue to receive the dinner meal provided by a local charity group on June 10, 2018 in Sana’a, Yemen.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/06/GettyImages-972865138-400x300.jpg)
Coalition Ignores Famine Warnings and Continues Assault on Yemen as Critics Question US Complicity
Antiwar advocates are demanding an end to American military support for the coalition.
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The Singapore Summit: A US Pivot Toward Ending the Korean War?
Members of the Korean diaspora are hoping for a revival of humanitarian relief.
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How the Last Superpower Was Unchained: American Wars and Self-Decline
All of us now live on the planet Bush’s boys tried to swallow whole.
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Winning the News Cycle: Trump’s Made-for-TV Singapore Summit
Peace in our time? Or just a waste of our time?
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With Explicit US Backing, Saudi Attack on Yemen’s Humanitarian Lifeline Begins
Congress must step in and demand an end to this complicity.