America: The Impotent Superpower America: The Impotent Superpower
American military and corporate power have triumphed over all rivals—so why does the United States still struggle to impose its will on the world?
Jul 14, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Will the UN’s New High Commissioner on Human Rights Fight for the Millions Who Need Him? Will the UN’s New High Commissioner on Human Rights Fight for the Millions Who Need Him?
Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein’s predecessor, Navi Pillay, drew attention to human rights violations across the globe. Will Zeid do the same?
Jul 14, 2014 / Barbara Crossette
Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939 Bastille Day, Individualism and the Concept of Progress—in 1939
Reflections on the meaning of the French Revolution in the shadow of Adolf Hitler.
Jul 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
How Unrest in Ukraine Is Sending a Wave of Refugees to Russia How Unrest in Ukraine Is Sending a Wave of Refugees to Russia
Tens of thousands have fled in the wake of ongoing fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.
Jul 11, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Spied On for Being Muslim Spied On for Being Muslim
A new investigation by The Intercept reveals how racist anti-Muslim neocons are driving the nation’s law enforcement agenda.
Jul 10, 2014 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Responses to Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine and BDS Responses to Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine and BDS
Writers defend the tactic of boycott, divestment, and sanctions.
Jul 10, 2014 / Yousef Munayyer, M.J. Rosenberg, Nadia Ben-Youssef, Ran Greenstein, and USACBI
Does America Still Torture? Does America Still Torture?
President Barack Obama made a big deal of turning the page on Bush-era “interrogration techniques,” but how much has really changed?
Jul 10, 2014 / Rebecca Gordon
Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns
Sort of like what President Bush and Condi Rice did in January 2009
Jul 10, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count
Humpty Dumpty hasn’t been put back together yet, thirteen years after the US invasion.
Jul 8, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars The One Underlying Factor That Explains All of Today’s Wars
Convulsions of violent conflict from Iraq to Nigeria to Ukraine are all being fueled by the same thing—fuel.
Jul 8, 2014 / Michael T. Klare