North Korea holds first underwater-launched missile tests in nearly 3 years

North Korea holds first underwater-launched missile tests in nearly 3 years

North Korea performed its first underwater-launched missile tests in nearly three years on Wednesday, likely from an as-yet-deployed submarine that it says is designed to launch nuclear weapons. The high-profile tests come as North Korea is dialing up weapons demonstrations in an apparent bid to pressure the United States to offer greater concessions if it wants a resumption of…

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Unions Are the Key to America’s Cost of Living Crisis

Unions Are the Key to America’s Cost of Living Crisis

Union contracts raise pay for workers. A new report from the Economic Policy Institute shows that tripling union membership in this country would deliver a 14.5% raise to the median worker—more than $7,700 a year or the equivalent of 7.5 extra weeks of pay annually. This adds up to nearly $270,000 over a 35-year career.…

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Trump Says Leakers ‘Should Be Shot’

Trump Says Leakers ‘Should Be Shot’

In the wake of the June attack, a leaked Defense Intelligence Agency preliminary report found that Iran’s nuclear sites had not been as damaged as the Trump Administration first claimed them to be and that Iran could still enrich uranium. Reports also said Iran may have also moved enriched material from the facilities before the…

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Pentagon installs its own public affairs official as acting Stars and Stripes publisher months after firing leadership

Pentagon installs its own public affairs official as acting Stars and Stripes publisher months after firing leadership

The Pentagon has found a new publisher for Stars and Stripes, at least on an interim basis, appointing Christian Devine, executive director of the Pentagon’s public affairs office, to lead the military newspaper. Stars and Stripes, which has published a newspaper continuously since World War II, describes itself as a source of “independent news and information…

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‘The Diplomat’ Season 4 review: A harrowing examination of tyranny and unchecked power that proves it is one of the best shows on TV

‘The Diplomat’ Season 4 review: A harrowing examination of tyranny and unchecked power that proves it is one of the best shows on TV

“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.” This quote by Baron de Montesquieu is one I thought of often while watching The Diplomat Season 4, as Keri Russell’s Kate Wyler takes on her biggest challenge yet: a President that flagrantly crosses…

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