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How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb How the Obama Administration Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

US nuclear policy is undermining our safety and national security.

Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Theodore A. Postol

Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction

Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction Senator Udall Discloses CIA Findings on Torture and Blasts Obama’s Inaction

What the CIA found out about its torture program is much different than what officials have said publicly.

Dec 10, 2014 / George Zornick

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia

Renditions, an underground prison and a new CIA base are elements of an intensifying US war, according to a Nation investigation in Mogadishu.

Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game

Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game

Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.

Dec 10, 2014 / Sebastian Rosemont and Foreign Policy In Focus

The Life and Times of Michael B

The Life and Times of Michael B The Life and Times of Michael B

Ferguson has put America’s racial apartheid on the global stage.

Dec 9, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus

Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective

Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective Senate Report: CIA Torture Was Brutal and Ineffective

Virtually every Bush-era claim about torture doesn’t withstand scrutiny after the investigation.

Dec 9, 2014 / George Zornick

Courting Disaster

Courting Disaster Courting Disaster

Why does the Pakistani military pick unwinnable fights?

Dec 9, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers

Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers Why No One Remembers the Peacemakers

Memorials across the world pay tribute to “fallen soldiers,” but virtually none exist for those who fought for peace. 

Dec 9, 2014 / Adam Hochschild

Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos

Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos Why Dick Cheney Is Wrong About the CIA Torture Memos

The Senate Intelligence Committee is absolutely right to respect transparency and accountability with release of report on Bush-Cheney era abuses.

Dec 9, 2014 / John Nichols

Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban Want to Be the Koch Brothers for Israel

Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban Want to Be the Koch Brothers for Israel Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban Want to Be the Koch Brothers for Israel

Why do we need another lobby, like their Israeli-American Council, when AIPAC is already so powerful? To feed their billion-dollar egos.

Dec 8, 2014 / M.J. Rosenberg

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