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Syrian soldier

“Humanitarian” intervention would only deepen the humanitarian disaster.

Anti-immigrant poster in the United Kingdom

The recent victories of the right-wing, anti-immigrant United Kingdom Independence Party says more about our scapegoats than about its long-term prospects.

The recent victories of the right-wing, anti-immigrant United Kingdom Independence Party says more about our scapegoats than about its long-term prospects.

Julian Assange

Corporate totalitarianism is spreading rapidly, and it’s not just Assange or Manning they want. It is all who dare to defy the official narrative.

Mohamed Morsi

Egypt’s reconciliation process has been lauded as restoring confidence to outside investors. But others say it amounts to impunity for the rich.

Iraq soldier

Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.

Mario Monti

Hopes for a progressive government failed, thanks to suicidal divisions among the center-left and Beppe Grillo’s demagogic posturing.

Worker at the Bangladesh factory collapse

The executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity talks to Pramila Jayapal about how American consumers can pressure US corporations to protect workers abroad.

In his film, Dirty Wars, Jeremy Scahill unveils America's extrajudicial, covert, transcontinental battlefield. 

Blogs

Yesterday, Obama laid out the justification for killing US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. But his reasoning had very little legal grounding at all. 

May 24, 2013

It’s a classic David and Goliath story—but who is the real David here?

May 23, 2013

Obama discussed the targeted killing operation today, but will anything really change?

May 23, 2013

Being malcontent never made anyone happy.

May 21, 2013

Obama and the fashion icon first lady should pick up where the presidential task force on the apparel industry left off fifteen years ago.

May 20, 2013

This week, everything is falling apart: Syria; the Canadian environment; higher education as we know it. But if a creative roasting of Carlos Slim is any indication, the best response may be laughter.

May 18, 2013

Lots of candidates, real politics in Iran.

May 17, 2013

For fashion brands, participation in the Bangladesh fire and safety plan is voluntarily. It shouldn’t be.

May 16, 2013

McCain seems worried by the idea of peace, and the State Department refuses to rule out a role for Iran.

May 15, 2013

After decades of takedowns, the art is still stoking controversy.

May 14, 2013
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