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
Starbucks: A History of Union Busting Starbucks: A History of Union Busting
What do Starbucks and Wal-Mart have in common? Both have long track records of harassing their workers when it comes to joining unions.
May 19, 2009 / Brave New Films
Barack Obama Is Cliff Huxtable Barack Obama Is Cliff Huxtable
Barack Obama and Cliff Huxtable are both married to hot lawyers and have unrealistically cute daughters.
May 19, 2009 / The Daily Show
Out of Afghanistan Out of Afghanistan
In my view, there are many good reasons to support the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. But Afghanistan is not Iraq and public opinion still largely supports Obama's esca...
May 19, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
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
Richard Aborn for Manhattan DA Richard Aborn for Manhattan DA
Advocates who have fought for decades for criminal justice reform rightly see this moment as one where the stars are aligning for change. The fiscal crisis has governors and state...
May 19, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Can’t We Fire the Boss? Why Can’t We Fire the Boss?
Namoi Klein and Avi Lewis talk about how direct action worker campaigns have fared here in the United States and around the world.
May 19, 2009 / GRITtv
Pelosi or Cheney? Who’s the Torturer in Chief? Pelosi or Cheney? Who’s the Torturer in Chief?
Beltway journalists seem finally to have a found a torture story they like. Mind you, not the one about the Bush/Cheney White House possibly okaying drowning to extract &...
May 19, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Expert Panel Rejects Iran Missile Threat to Europe Expert Panel Rejects Iran Missile Threat to Europe
The Post reports this morning that a team of US and Russian technical experts want to put the kibosh on US plans for putting a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Repub...
May 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss