Foreign Policy

North Korea missile

Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again Diplomacy With North Korea Has Worked Before, and Can Work Again

The war hawks are wrong when they say that past negotiations, like the 1994 Agreed Framework, didn’t make a difference.

Sep 5, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

DNC HQ

A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo A Leak or a Hack? A Forum on the VIPS Memo

A letter from dissenting members of VIPS, a reply from VIPS, and the results of our independent review.

Sep 1, 2017 / Various Contributors

Sean Hannity on Fox News

Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’ Seth Rich, Conspiracy Theorists, and Russiagate ‘Truthers’

The murder of a DNC staffer has been shamelessly manipulated by Fox News, WikiLeaks—and possibly the White House.

Aug 25, 2017 / Bob Dreyfuss

Gorbachev Reagan Bush

The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev The Lost Alternatives of Mikhail Gorbachev

Thirty years ago, the last Soviet leader gave the world the possibilities of a democratic Russia and (with Ronald Reagan) an end to Cold War and nuclear arms races. Today, it is as...

Aug 24, 2017 / Stephen F. Cohen

DHS Twitter Account

Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’ Trump’s Border Security May Search Your Social Media by ‘Tone’

New databases are being built for this experimental surveillance.

Aug 23, 2017 / Aaron Miguel Cantú and George Joseph

Anti-Nuclear War Demonstration

The Only Sensible Way Out of the North Korea Crisis The Only Sensible Way Out of the North Korea Crisis

In a dual freeze, Pyongyang would cease missile tests in exchange for a moratorium on Washington’s massive war games.

Aug 23, 2017 / Tim Shorrock

Cuban missile crisis

What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the North Korean Missile Crisis What the Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About the North Korean Missile Crisis

To avoid catastrophe, Kennedy turned to diplomacy. Trump would be wise to do the same.

Aug 23, 2017 / Martin J. Sherwin

Afghan dust

Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War Take Away Trump’s Blank Check for Endless War

You can also write a letter to the editor to demand the removal of Confederate statues, and join a campaign to take economic power from Wall Street and give it back to communities.

Aug 22, 2017 / NationAction

Trump Korea Standoff

Avoiding War With North Korea Avoiding War With North Korea

It’s way past time for Trump to begin talks with Pyongyang.

Aug 22, 2017 / John Feffer

Vladimir Putin

Russia’s Attacks on Democracy Aren’t Only a Problem for America Russia’s Attacks on Democracy Aren’t Only a Problem for America

And that’s a problem for skeptics of Russian meddling.

Aug 21, 2017 / Joshua Holland

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