Regions and Countries

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money

Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Children’s AIDS Fund Still Raking In Taxpayer Money

Newly filed documents reveal that the controversial evangelical organization is still getting federal funds to provide HIV prevention programs in Uganda and Zambia.

Dec 1, 2014 / Andy Kopsa

This Is Black Friday in Bangladesh

This Is Black Friday in Bangladesh This Is Black Friday in Bangladesh

Walmart, Dickies, Disney, Sean John Apparel, Sears: Two years after the Tazreen factory fire, these companies and others have still not compensated the victims who died making thei...

Nov 26, 2014 / Michelle Chen

When Will the US Military End its Pattern of Destabilizing Entire Regions?

When Will the US Military End its Pattern of Destabilizing Entire Regions? When Will the US Military End its Pattern of Destabilizing Entire Regions?

We continue to see ourselves, as we have since 9/11, as victims, not destabilizers, of the world we inhabit.

Nov 25, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt

5 US Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong

5 US Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong 5 US Assumptions About the Middle East That Are Just Plain Wrong

After thirteen years of the failed war on terror, it’s time to scrutinize America’s assumptions about military involvement in the Middle East.

Nov 24, 2014 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Déjà Vu in Jerusalem?

Déjà Vu in Jerusalem? Déjà Vu in Jerusalem?

In the latest round of violence, the Israeli government has been rebuked by its own security chief.

Nov 20, 2014 / Neve Gordon

Mexico’s Undead Rise Up

Mexico’s Undead Rise Up Mexico’s Undead Rise Up

With forty-three disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.

Nov 20, 2014 / Charlotte María Sáenz and Foreign Policy In Focus

Why Is the US Military So Interested in Chad?

Why Is the US Military So Interested in Chad? Why Is the US Military So Interested in Chad?

The US military continues a long series of mistakes, missteps and mishaps across Africa.

Nov 20, 2014 / Nick Turse

Want a Living Wage? Work at McDonald’s… in Denmark

Want a Living Wage? Work at McDonald’s… in Denmark Want a Living Wage? Work at McDonald’s… in Denmark

Can global solidarity between fast-food workers help raise the bar for all of them?

Nov 19, 2014 / Michelle Chen

Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution

Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution Tunisia’s Unfinished Revolution

Religious tensions, remnants of the police state and a broken-down neoliberal economic model imperil Tunisia’s otherwise impressive democratic transition.

Nov 17, 2014 / Jahd Khalil and Foreign Policy In Focus

How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield

How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield How the North Pole Could Become the World’s Next Battlefield

As the climate warms and the ice melts, the Arctic could become the next great theater of global cooperation—or a battlefield.

Nov 14, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus

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