Haiti Abstains Haiti Abstains
No matter who is declared the winner, the country's March 20 elections represent a defeat for Haitian democracy.
Mar 22, 2011 / Dan Coughlin
Obama Holds Up Latin America as a Model for the Middle East—If Only Obama Holds Up Latin America as a Model for the Middle East—If Only
Obama, in Chile, celebrates Latin American democracy while telling Chileans to not cling to the past.
Mar 22, 2011 / The Notion / Greg Grandin
NPR Predicts Warm Welcome for Obama in Brazil, Facts to Follow NPR Predicts Warm Welcome for Obama in Brazil, Facts to Follow
NPR's Pravda-like headline tells the story before it actually happened.
Mar 19, 2011 / The Notion / Greg Grandin
No Nukes Is Good Nukes No Nukes Is Good Nukes
Sorry, President Obama, but there is a dimension of fear properly associated with the word nuclear that is not matched by any oil spill.
Mar 16, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Burying Our Heads in Radioactive Sand Burying Our Heads in Radioactive Sand
Is Earth becoming Easter Island?
Mar 15, 2011 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger
Even if reactor containment vessels hold, pools of spent fuel rods could combust and release clouds of radioactive cesium into the air—a calamity that could happen at US nucl...
Mar 15, 2011 / Christian Parenti
How to Help in Japan How to Help in Japan
Enormous resources are required to construct a safety net for the country's millions of citizens already mired in poverty.
Mar 14, 2011 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here? Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here?
The US has twenty-three reactors of the same design as the Fukushima No. 1 reactor that is now in partial meltdown, and our federal regulators are captives of the nuclear industry.
Mar 14, 2011 / Christian Parenti
Libya: More from Gates, Clinton and the International Crisis Group Libya: More from Gates, Clinton and the International Crisis Group
Both Robert Gates and Hillary Clinton are emphasizing diplomacy over defense.
Mar 10, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Who’s Who in Libya’s Opposition Council Who’s Who in Libya’s Opposition Council
An anti-Qaddafi government takes shape.
Mar 10, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss