The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold The Greatest Swindle Ever Sold
How the financial bailout scams taxpayers, subsidizes Wall Street and props up our broken financial system.
May 26, 2009 / Feature / Andy Kroll
$1 Trillion and Counting… $1 Trillion and Counting…
The $1 trillion we have spent on war since 9/11 has placed enormous stress on our recession-struck economy.
May 22, 2009 / Feature / Jo Comerford
KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers
Former Halliburton subsidy KBR was paid $83 million in bonuses for work that electrocuted US soldiers, former employees testified today.
May 20, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Did McChrystal Violate Geneva Conventions? Did McChrystal Violate Geneva Conventions?
Obama's pick to be the top US commander in Afghanistan directed a screening center in Iraq in 2003 that held terror suspects in secret facilities to which the Red Cross did not hav...
May 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
The Torture Memos and Historical Amnesia The Torture Memos and Historical Amnesia
Historical amnesia is a dangerous phenomenon, not only because it undermines moral and intellectual integrity but also because it lays the groundwork for crimes that still lie ahea...
May 19, 2009 / Feature / Noam Chomsky
The Trials of Ehren Watada The Trials of Ehren Watada
The government drops efforts to prosecute an officer who refused to fight in Iraq. But the Army continues its campaign against him.
May 19, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
In India Election, Moderation Rules In India Election, Moderation Rules
Defying expectations and boosting hopes for stability, Indian voters rejected extremism and caste divisions, to give a decisive victory to Congress Party moderates.
May 17, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss The Cure for Layoffs: Fire the Boss
Workers in the United States and Europe are beginning to ask the same question as their Latin American counterparts: why do we have to get fired?
May 15, 2009 / Feature / Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis
Guatemala’s Dirty War Guatemala’s Dirty War
Millions of recently declassified police documents detail a thirty-six-year reign of state terror.
May 15, 2009 / Feature / Michael Gould-Wartofsky and Kelly Lee
High Tension in the Energy Debate: The Clamshell Reaction High Tension in the Energy Debate: The Clamshell Reaction
The '60s come alive again in the protest organized by the Clamshell Alliance against the Seabrook nuclear power plant in New Hampshire.
May 15, 2009 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman