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The US has three lousy options with Afghanistan. Pick one.

The well-known musician talks about the adoption ban, Pussy Riot and the future of the opposition movement.

It is long past time to reject expansionism, intolerance and structural inequality and define what democratic Israeli patriotism really stands for.

In his inaugural speech, the president vowed to engage with other countries so as to "lift suspicion and fear." He should reach out to forge a more sane and sensible relationship with Cuba.

Hate crimes in America—and elsewhere—add up to the world’s longest war. 

The polls were a rebuke to Netanyahu, and the “centrist” Yesh Atid did very well. But far-right extremists are steadily gaining strength.

Will China-Japan-US tensions in the Pacific ignite a conflict and sink the global economy?

The CFR report concludes that “the current trajectory of US drone strike policies is unsustainable."

Not once has Obama’s nominee voted to reject a defense budget.

Why aren’t film director Kathryn Bigelow’s claimed government sources, including employees of the CIA, in jail like Bradley Manning?