Matthew Harwood for TomDispatch: From the surveillance of American Muslim communities to FBI-manufactured plots, US criminal justice reveals an ugly prejudice

Matthew Harwood: Aside from conscription violating citizens' freedom from state servitude, what havoc might a bloated US military wreak?

Matthew Harwood: The president's incomplete dedication to King demonstrates how far removed he is from the man he was honoring

Matthew Harwood: A fixation with the jihadist threat makes Americans blind to the insidious menace of a rightwing extremist like Anders Breivik

Matthew Harwood: US foreign policy brings terrorism to American shores, costs taxpayers billions of dollars and destroys cherished liberties

Matthew Harwood: The arrest of Christian extremists in the midwest shows that the US has more to worry about than simply homegrown jihadists

Matthew Harwood: Here's a New Year's resolution for the White House: uphold the rule of law by prosecuting or releasing the Gitmo detainees

Matthew Harwood: Dick Cheney has long criticised Obama for admitting America's foreign policy failures. Now his daughter is getting in on the act

Matthew Harwood: The US is right to improve its cybersecurity defenses. But would it respond to cyber-attacks with military force?

Matthew Harwood: The Obama administration isn't just watching rightwing extremists. It's watching us all – and we should all be concerned

Matthew Harwood: The US is cutting funding for fighter jets and weapons systems, and finally giving soldiers the tools they really need

Matthew Harwood: Obama's plan to withdraw all but 50,000 US troops from Iraq by 2010 threatens both American and Iraqi lives