94 Billion Reasons to Rethink Afghanistan 94 Billion Reasons to Rethink Afghanistan
As Afghan civilians die from US air strikes, Congress should rethink a bill that would be a blank check for expanding military operations.
May 13, 2009 / Brave New Films
Letters Letters
Women's Health on the Back Burner
New York City
May 13, 2009 / Our Readers and Kelly Hearn
Puzzle No. 3171 Puzzle No. 3171
ACROSS
1 The old woman who lived in a shoe had one, and it's a big deal! (4,5)
May 13, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis
The Truman Doctrine and Manifest Destiny The Truman Doctrine and Manifest Destiny
President Truman extends the Monroe Doctrine to cover the entire globe.
May 13, 2009 / Freda Kirchwey
Roxana Saberi: Journalist, Not Spy Roxana Saberi: Journalist, Not Spy
My colleague Robert Dreyfuss wonders whether Roxana Saberi, the American journalist who was recently released after being sentenced to eight-years in prison in Iran, is as innocent...
May 13, 2009 / Eyal Press
Saberi’s Release A Good Omen for US-Iran Talks Saberi’s Release A Good Omen for US-Iran Talks
Here's what I wonder: If an Iranian journalist came to the United States, deliberately let his reporter's credentials expire, took a job working for an important US agency that ha...
May 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Save Troy Davis Save Troy Davis
I last wrote about Troy Davis in this space in July of 2007. He was scheduled for execution for a murder he maintains he did not commit. Seven out of nine witnesses agree -- havin...
May 13, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Is the Gender Gap Growing? Is the Gender Gap Growing?
Francoise Jacobson, Elly Spicer, Wendy Webb and Denise Doyle on the gender gap, women trade workers and the recession.
May 13, 2009 / GRITtv