Full Text: White House Briefing on Bin Laden Killing Full Text: White House Briefing on Bin Laden Killing
Just after midnight, a senior US official describes the operation that eliminated Al Qaeda's leader.
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Political Coup: He Heads Toward 2012 as the President Who Did What Bush Could Not Obama’s Political Coup: He Heads Toward 2012 as the President Who Did What Bush Could Not
Forget trumping Trump with the long-form birth certificate. President Obama's announcement that he ordered a successful mission to kill Osama bin Laden is likely to yield political...
May 2, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
With Osama bin Laden Dead, It’s Time to End the ‘War on Terror’ With Osama bin Laden Dead, It’s Time to End the ‘War on Terror’
President Obama's call to Americans to remember that “justice has been done” is an opening to seize. It is time to stop defining the post-9/11 struggle against stateles...
May 2, 2011 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities Guantánamo Files Show Media Priorities
As I perused the latest WikiLeaks releases this morning, a retweet from their Twitter feed caught my eye: “Gitmo: Compare the first paragraph of these two stories about the s...
Apr 25, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Howard Dean: US Should Leave Afghanistan Howard Dean: US Should Leave Afghanistan
A prominent Democrats changes course and says the Obama administration's war in Afghanistan is no longer winnable.
Apr 20, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman
A Young Woman’s Struggle With Southwest Airlines Shows Depth Of Islamophobia A Young Woman’s Struggle With Southwest Airlines Shows Depth Of Islamophobia
An American MA student, of Pakistani descent, was flagged by a Southwest Airlines crew member as “suspicious” and kicked off the plane, all for saying "I've got t...
Apr 18, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
Who Killed the UN Workers in Afghanistan? Well… Who Killed the UN Workers in Afghanistan? Well…
Everyone. And no one. Whom exactly are we fighting again?
Apr 11, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Changing US Tune on Yemen The Changing US Tune on Yemen
As President Saleh’s corrupt regime teeters on the brink of collapse, the US belatedly backs reform in Yemen.
Apr 4, 2011 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill: How the US Strengthens Al Qaeda in Yemen Jeremy Scahill: How the US Strengthens Al Qaeda in Yemen
In efforts to target Al Qaeda members in Yemen, the US has unintentionally weakened President Saleh’s regime.
Apr 1, 2011 / Video / Democracy Now!
Obama Doesn’t Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine Obama Doesn’t Need a Foreign Policy Doctrine
The uprisings in the Arab world are too complex to be reduced to a one-size-fits-all doctrine.
Mar 24, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Berman