Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Precarious Legal Grounds for Targeted Killings Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Precarious Legal Grounds for Targeted Killings
Yesterday, Obama laid out the justification for killing US citizen Anwar al-Awlaki. But his reasoning had very little legal grounding at all.
May 24, 2013 / Press Room
This Week in Poverty: Homeowners Take the Foreclosure Fight to the DOJ This Week in Poverty: Homeowners Take the Foreclosure Fight to the DOJ
When will the feds bring big banks to justice?
May 24, 2013 / Greg Kaufmann
‘We Steal Secrets’: Filmmaker Alex Gibney Talks About Wikileaks ‘We Steal Secrets’: Filmmaker Alex Gibney Talks About Wikileaks
It’s a classic David and Goliath story—but who is the real David here?
May 24, 2013 / Jon Wiener
Campaign Alleges Retaliation Against Strikers in Federal Building Campaign Alleges Retaliation Against Strikers in Federal Building
Good Jobs Nation says that ten strikers from the Ronald Reagan Building food court were initially told they couldn’t come back to work.
May 23, 2013 / Josh Eidelson
How the Media Enabled US Drone Policy How the Media Enabled US Drone Policy
Eric on Tom Jones and what people are syaing about his book, and Reed on media and drones.
May 23, 2013 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Obama Rejects Perpetual War, but Questions Remain About Targeted Killings Obama Rejects Perpetual War, but Questions Remain About Targeted Killings
Until the president defines what “associated forces” are, the current formulation leaves open the possibility of unlimited, unending use of military force anywhere in t...
May 23, 2013 / John Sifton
‘Star Trek’ and the Twilight of Idealism ‘Star Trek’ and the Twilight of Idealism
Doesn't anyone dream of the stars in culture or in politics anymore?
May 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both Women’s Equality or Public Financing? We Need Both
Republicans are obfuscating the debate by offering a false choice between gender equality and the public financing of elections, when really the two issues are deeply linked. ...
May 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bhaskar Sunkara: Beyond the Welfare State Bhaskar Sunkara: Beyond the Welfare State
What if creating a more just world requires a radical reimagining of our political and economic system?
May 23, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Terrarism, Terracide Terrarism, Terracide
Destroying the planet—with malice aforethought, with only the most immediate profits on the brain, with only your own comfort and wellbeing in mind—is the world's l...
May 23, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt