Obama in Africa: A Major Disappointment Obama in Africa: A Major Disappointment
Just because President Obama possesses African heritage doesn't mean he couldn't learn a thing or two about the continent's history.
Jul 13, 2009 / Gerald Caplan
Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’ Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’
Ghanaians and other Africans are clamoring for a new direction in US Africa policy, one based in mutual interests and mutual respect.
Jul 12, 2009 / Feature / Emira Woods
Iran: A Compromise Deal? Iran: A Compromise Deal?
Supporters of the Green Wave increasingly see negotiations with the regime as the best way out of today's crisis.
Jul 10, 2009 / Feature / Babak Sarfaraz
The US and Russia: Missed Opportunities The US and Russia: Missed Opportunities
NYU Russia studies professor Stephen Cohen explains how the US got involved in a new cold war with Russia.
Jul 7, 2009 / MSNBC
Iran’s Green Wave Iran’s Green Wave
The clampdown on street protests can't disguise huge fissures among the elite.
Jul 1, 2009 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives
Stephen Cohen, a professor of Russian History at New York University weighs in on the future of US-Russian relations.
Jul 1, 2009 / GRITtv
Democracy Derailed in Honduras Democracy Derailed in Honduras
The military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya has drawn strong condemnation from President Obama and the world. But will the US government offer its unconditional support f...
Jun 30, 2009 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Honduras Crisis Forces Obama to Focus on Latin America Honduras Crisis Forces Obama to Focus on Latin America
The military coup in Honduras puts pressure on the president to break sharply with past American policies or risk losing remains of Latin America's goodwill.
Jun 30, 2009 / Tom Hayden
Israel’s Man of Conscience Israel’s Man of Conscience
The author is going to prison--for peacefully resisting settler and army violence against West Bank Palestinians and the illegal expropriation of their land.
The Bagua Movement The Bagua Movement
Indigenous activists in Peru are challenging their government and its partners in the biofuels industry--and winning.
Jun 26, 2009 / Feature / Kelly Hearn