The Crusade Against Sex Trafficking
Noy Thrupkaew:Do brothel raids help trafficking victims escape abuse, or skirt the reality that makes recovery so difficult for the "rescued?"
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The World and Pittsburgh
John Nichols:At the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, activists will push the United States to back proposals to regulate CEO compensation and require corporate responsibility.
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The African Airlift
Karen Rothmyer:The 1960 "airlift" of 800 African students to study in the United States lent a crucial boost to John F. Kennedy's popularity among African-Americans.
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The Triumph of Williams's Tragedy
Eric Alterman : Foreign Affairs
Still relevant, fifty years later: William Appleman Williams's Tragedy of American Diplomacy.
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The 'Rogue Nation' Contest
Alexander Cockburn : Foreign Affairs
Connecting the dots between North Korea and the United States.
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Missing Word, Missing World: Graduating the Rest of Us, '09
Tom Engelhardt : Foreign Affairs
Graduates of the Bush years, initiates of the Obama era, here's a commencement address that's suitably obscure and yet somehow ringing.
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Farewell, the American Century
Andrew J. Bacevich : History
In order to solve our problems Americans must begin to see ourselves as we really are.
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Letter From Qatar
Clayton Swisher : Foreign Affairs
Qataris meet with a visitor to ponder the world economy, the plight of the Palestinians and a new American president.
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Echoes of South African Redemption
Mark Gevisser : Foreign Affairs
If the last great redemptive moment in global politics was Nelson Mandela's liberation and ascent to power, Barack Obama's presidency will be the next.
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What Obama Means to the World
Gary Younge : Foreign Affairs
Coming to terms with a black American not as a symbol of protest, but as a symbol of power.
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Obama Zaps E. Europe Star Wars
Robert Dreyfuss Neocons yelp, predictably. But the president is firmly pressing the reset button.
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"Safe Haven Myth" Bites the Dust
Robert Dreyfuss The Afghan dust, that is. Experts are challenging the bogus notion that the US must nation-build Afghanistan to prevent another 9/11.
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US-Iran Talks Start October 1
Robert Dreyfuss Hawks are squealing, but Obama delivers.
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WTOP Yellow Journalism on Iran-Venezuela
Robert Dreyfuss JJ Green recycles Morgenthau's nonsense.
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