The American empire has existed since July 4, 1776 when it was declared as colonial elites revolted against the British in a quest to expand their territory across the mainland of North America.

After growing for decades, this year the U.S. debt will roughly match its GDP. Throughout history, nations that blithely piled up their obligations have eventually met unhappy ends.

Whether it is Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, or any other politician, they ultimately serve the empire-an entity far greater than any individual leader.The recent comments by former U.S ...

There is a spiritual and moral vacuum right now. We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire in real time. The cause is organized greed and weaponized hatred.

The American defeat in Afghanistan still reverberates, while U.S. support for Israel even as the latter starves out Gaza undermines our moral authority and diplomatic standing around the world.

Because much of U.S.A.I.D.’s work has an explicitly cultural component, defending American values and funding ideas-driven enterprises, it is an especially ripe target for this kind of critique.

The American South had the same apartheid system as South Africa, so the U.S. couldn’t successfully contend with the Soviet Union with its own officially sanctioned apartheid system (Jim Crow).

Over the past 50 years, J.G. Boswell, the biggest farmer in America, has thumbed his nose at nature, politicians and every journalist who ever tried to expose the workings of his agricultural empire.

Object Details author Gipson, Lawrence Henry 1880-1971 Notes --v. 14. A bibliographical guide to the history of the British Empire, 1748-1776.--v. 15. A guide to manuscripts relating to the history of ...