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Peter Kornbluh on Obama and Cuba, Salamishah Tillet on boycotting marriage, George Zornick on Eric Griego v. Wall Street crooks, plus a new project on poverty by Barbara Ehrenreich and the Institute for Policy Studies.

Judging by his advisers, Romney would embrace Bush’s unilateral interventionism and massive military budgets.

Anthony Shadid was an exceedingly rare reporter in the thinning ranks of American journalism.
 

Covert operations have now assumed a dominant—and destructive—role in US foreign policy.

Corporate whistleblowers get the silent treatment from Washington.

The fierce campaign against whistle-blowers in Washington.

Obama’s abandonment of patient diplomacy—combined with Israel’s bellicose demands—has pushed us dangerously close to conflict.

No single person bears more responsibility for how much Americans hate Congress than Newt Gingrich. Here’s what he did to it.

It’s time to tackle the root problem: subservience to corporate and financial powers.

Following the money in the Iran crisis.