The Horrific Costs of the US-Colombia Trade Agreement The Horrific Costs of the US-Colombia Trade Agreement
Peace talks with the FARC rebels are slowly progressing. But the agreement threatens to exacerbate already obscene levels of violence in rural areas.
May 31, 2013 / Michael Norby and Brian Fitzpatrick
Will El Salvador’s Anti-Choice Government Let a Pregnant Woman Die? Will El Salvador’s Anti-Choice Government Let a Pregnant Woman Die?
Here’s what you can do to help save Beatriz, the victim of “pro-life” orthodoxy on overdrive.
May 30, 2013 / Katha Pollitt
China’s ‘Gift’ to the US Over North Korea China’s ‘Gift’ to the US Over North Korea
There’s a sense of cooperation developing between the two greatest world powers.
May 30, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Cold War Redux? Cold War Redux?
Are Washington, Moscow and Beijing using the global arms trade to create a new cold war?
May 30, 2013 / Michael T. Klare
Hope on Israel-Palestine? Maybe, Just Maybe Hope on Israel-Palestine? Maybe, Just Maybe
But Netanyahu and his ally, extremist Sheldon Adelson, are twin wrecking balls.
May 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Naming Our Nameless War Naming Our Nameless War
From North Africa to the Middle East to China’s Central Asian border, how many years will it be?
May 28, 2013 / Andrew J. Bacevich
China Cracks Code on US Missile Defense China Cracks Code on US Missile Defense
The faulty program has been further undermined by Beijing’s hackers.
May 28, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why I Spoke Out at Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech Why I Spoke Out at Obama’s Foreign Policy Speech
On topics from Guantánamo to drone strikes, I couldn’t let the president act as if he were some helpless official at the mercy of Congress.
May 24, 2013 / Medea Benjamin
Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Precarious Legal Grounds for Targeted Killings Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Precarious Legal Grounds for Targeted Killings
Yesterday, Obama laid out the justification for killing US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. But his reasoning had very little legal grounding at all.
May 24, 2013 / Press Room
‘We Steal Secrets’: Filmmaker Alex Gibney Talks About Wikileaks ‘We Steal Secrets’: Filmmaker Alex Gibney Talks About Wikileaks
It’s a classic David and Goliath story—but who is the real David here?
May 24, 2013 / Jon Wiener