How to Win a Nobel Peace Prize How to Win a Nobel Peace Prize
Keep the US military out of your country.
Oct 20, 2015 / Rebecca Gordon
These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country These Irish Antiwar Protesters Are Sick of Having the US Military in Their Country
The influx of Syrian refugees into Europe has reinvigorated Ireland’s debate on its involvement with the war on terror.
Oct 20, 2015 / Danielle Ryan
Fed-Up Refugees Are Actually Breaking Through Border Controls in the Balkans Fed-Up Refugees Are Actually Breaking Through Border Controls in the Balkans
“Today we said ‘enough’ and decided to march.”
Oct 20, 2015 / Jesse Rosenfeld
Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire? Can Diplomacy Put Out the Syrian Fire?
It's time for international negotiations to finally begin.
Oct 19, 2015 / Jo Comerford and Mattea Kramer
Will the Economic Policies of Argentina’s President Survive Sunday’s Elections? Will the Economic Policies of Argentina’s President Survive Sunday’s Elections?
Cristina Fernández is despised by the neoliberal elite, but her government has improved the lives of many, many people.
Oct 19, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse. Haiti’s Earthquake Was Devastating. The Cholera Epidemic Was Worse.
If someone had poisoned New York’s water supply and killed 9,000 people, it would have been the most litigated public health disaster of all time. But when it happened in Haiti? No...
Oct 16, 2015 / Fran Quigley
Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan Obama Just Signed a Blank Check for Endless War in Afghanistan
And one congresswoman is not having it.
Oct 15, 2015 / John Nichols
Fog of Intelligence: How the Most Expensive National Security Operation in the World Was ‘Caught Off Guard’ in Kunduz Fog of Intelligence: How the Most Expensive National Security Operation in the World Was ‘Caught Off Guard’ in Kunduz
Despite 17 agencies and 500,000 private contractors, the US intelligence community was oblivious to the Taliban’s advances in northern Afghanistan.
Oct 15, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
High Noon Over Syria High Noon Over Syria
Are the US and Russia gearing up for another proxy war?
Oct 15, 2015 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
Republicans Mentioned Israel 23 Times During Their Last Two Debates. Democrats Only Mentioned It Once. Republicans Mentioned Israel 23 Times During Their Last Two Debates. Democrats Only Mentioned It Once.
Support for Israel was once bipartisan. But it’s become a political touchstone for conservatives.
Oct 14, 2015 / Joshua Holland