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US and Kuwaiti soldiers close a gate between Iraq and Kuwait in December 2011.

Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria? Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?

Five years after the Arab Spring began, four experts debate a pressing question that remains unsettled on the left.

Jan 14, 2016 / Jeff Faux, Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Phyllis Bennis, and Sherle R. Schwenninger

Bernie Sanders for President

Bernie Sanders for President Bernie Sanders for President

With integrity and principle, the Vermont senator is calling Americans to a political revolution.

Jan 14, 2016 / The Editors

Obama’s Last State of the Union: Wonderful Rhetoric, Messy Realities

Obama’s Last State of the Union: Wonderful Rhetoric, Messy Realities Obama’s Last State of the Union: Wonderful Rhetoric, Messy Realities

He hit all the right notes, but wouldn’t it have been wonderful if he could have used the past tense to describe the crisis of inequality?

Jan 13, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and US Secretary of State John Kerry

The New US-Russian Cold War Originated in the 1990s The New US-Russian Cold War Originated in the 1990s

Today it threatens to destroy Ukraine, undermine the European Union, and result in nuclear war.

Jan 13, 2016 / Stephen F. Cohen

Mourning Paris Attack

Lives Fit for Print: Exposing Media Bias in Coverage of Terrorism Lives Fit for Print: Exposing Media Bias in Coverage of Terrorism

A detailed study shows that attacks in Western countries are covered far more often—and with more depth and heart—than ones in non-Western countries.

Jan 13, 2016 / Sean Darling-Hammond

SK Hynix workers

High-Tech Manufacturing’s Disposable Workers High-Tech Manufacturing’s Disposable Workers

The electronics industry is poisoning the workers who make our shiny gadgets.

Jan 13, 2016 / Michelle Chen

President Barack Obama

Barack Obama Refuses to Be a Lame-Duck President Barack Obama Refuses to Be a Lame-Duck President

Instead of coasting to the close of his second term, Obama used his final State of the Union address to propose to “fix our politics” and to frame the 2016 race.

Jan 12, 2016 / John Nichols

Iranian oil refinery

The Hidden Risk of Plummeting Oil Prices: War The Hidden Risk of Plummeting Oil Prices: War

Falling oil prices could mean rising global conflict.

Jan 12, 2016 / Michael T. Klare

Jeremy Corbyn arrives at the Labour Party Leadership Conference.

Jeremy Corbyn Talks Common Sense on Nuclear Weapons Jeremy Corbyn Talks Common Sense on Nuclear Weapons

The British Labour leader is raising questions on disarmament that deserve debate.

Jan 12, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ted Cruz’s Poll Numbers Rose After He Proposed Carpet Bombing

Ted Cruz’s Poll Numbers Rose After He Proposed Carpet Bombing Ted Cruz’s Poll Numbers Rose After He Proposed Carpet Bombing

How do we explain Americans’ lack of empathy for those on the other end of our bombing campaigns?

Jan 11, 2016 / Rick Shenkman

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