Talking to the Taliban: Now’s the Time, Says Task Force Talking to the Taliban: Now’s the Time, Says Task Force
Obama's Afghanistan adviser backs new report on peace talks.
Mar 23, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time Lester Brown: The Planet’s Scarcest Resource Is Time
Already, eighteen countries are overpumping their aquifers, and few realize that in the event of a crisis, the US food supply would run out in three days.
Mar 22, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren Putting Some Bite Behind Elizabeth Warren
Paul Krugman called it “The War on Elizabeth Warren.” Yves Smith wrote about “The Elizabeth Warren Rorschach Test.” There's no doubt that the insightful H...
Mar 22, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising? Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising?
Does the silence of the Obama administration on the uprisings in Yemen have something to do with the US-backed president's role as a crucial partner in the war on terror?
Mar 22, 2011 / Press Room
Out of the Mouths of Birds Out of the Mouths of Birds
Is there a human language without birdsong in it?
Mar 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Skipping Class: The Blind Side of the Duke-Michigan ‘Uncle Tom’ Debate Skipping Class: The Blind Side of the Duke-Michigan ‘Uncle Tom’ Debate
Former Michigan hoops star Jalen Rose called Duke's African American players “Uncle Toms.” Duke alum Grant Hill responded in the New York Times. Let the media firestorm...
Mar 22, 2011 / Dave Zirin
The National Conference on Media Reform The National Conference on Media Reform
The NCMR meshes the seriousness of policy sessions, the vitality of grassroots activism and performances by great artists into a coherent whole.
Mar 22, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising? Jeremy Scahill: Why Has the US Been Silent on Yemen’s Uprising?
Does the silence of the Obama administration on the uprisings in Yemen have something to do with the US-backed president's role as a crucial partner in the war on terror?
Mar 22, 2011 / Democracy Now!
Kucinich Proposes Congressional Action to Defund Undeclared Libya War Kucinich Proposes Congressional Action to Defund Undeclared Libya War
"We have already spent trillions of dollars on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.... Now, the President is plunging the United States into yet another war we cannot afford...
Mar 22, 2011 / John Nichols
Haiti Abstains Haiti Abstains
No matter who is declared the winner, the country's March 20 elections represent a defeat for Haitian democracy.
Mar 22, 2011 / Dan Coughlin