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Will the GOP’s Victory Energize Mideast Doves? Will the GOP’s Victory Energize Mideast Doves?

Election Day 2010 may look like a victory for the hawks, but it could turn out to be a step toward their long-term defeat.

Nov 9, 2010 / Ira Chernus

Hawks Wild on Iran, But Obama Has No Strategy Hawks Wild on Iran, But Obama Has No Strategy

In the Iran talks, Obama seems determined to make Iran an offer that it can, and will, refuse.

Nov 9, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Haiti’s Hurricane Struggles Haiti’s Hurricane Struggles

Turning away from the US elections for a moment, we can find plenty of places suffering not from a hurricane of campaign cash, but from actual hurricanes, bringing with them immedi...

Nov 8, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia

At the conclusion of a campaign season marred by Islamaphobic flash-points, how will politicians' increasing scapegoating of Muslim communities play out on the national and inter...

Nov 8, 2010 / Audio / The Nation

Guantánamo at Home? Guantánamo at Home?

Despite all the focus on Guantánamo, are a great many of America’s domestic prisons also beyond the rule of law?

Nov 8, 2010 / Video / TomDispatch

The Lies of Islamophobia The Lies of Islamophobia

When it comes to US foreign policy and the Muslim world, it’s as if we remain fixed in the eleventh century in a perpetual battle of “us” against “the...

Nov 8, 2010 / John Feffer

Guantánamo, Exception or Rule?

Guantánamo, Exception or Rule? Guantánamo, Exception or Rule?

Despite all the focus on Guantánamo, a great many of America’s domestic prisons also routinely abuse inmates and in actual practice are often beyond the rule of law.

Nov 8, 2010 / Chase Madar

Midterm Election Results a Setback for Peace Midterm Election Results a Setback for Peace

Democrats collaborated with Republicans in keeping Afghanistan and Iraq out of the election debate. Why? Because they've become Obama's wars.

Nov 4, 2010 / Tom Hayden

Obama Must Acknowledge Iran’s Right to Enrich Obama Must Acknowledge Iran’s Right to Enrich

So far, the president hasn't declared that Iran has the right to enrich uranium, even as part of a final deal to settle the crisis over the Iranian nuclear program. It's time.

Nov 4, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Brazil’s First Lady Brazil’s First Lady

Dilma Rousseff has taken over from Lula’s legacy, which has helped put an end to the Washington Consensus.

Nov 3, 2010 / Kenneth Rapoza

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