World

Apologies to Mexico Apologies to Mexico

America sells pain to our southern neighbor and buys numbness in return.

Jul 10, 2012 / Rebecca Solnit

Remember Iraq? Still A Mess, but the US Needs to Stay Out Remember Iraq? Still A Mess, but the US Needs to Stay Out

Violence is rising, but the United States knows little or nothing about what’s really happening.

Jul 9, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Beyond Nuclear Denial Beyond Nuclear Denial

How a world-ending weapon disappeared from our lives, but not our world.

Jul 9, 2012 / William D. Hartung

Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World Rendered, Tortured, Discarded: Clara Gutteridge on US Prison Abuses Around the World

A Tanzanian man was detained and tortured by US officials in Afghanistan on suspicion of terror. But he was completely innocent. 

Jul 6, 2012 / Press Room

Wolfowitz Wants War Against Syria Wolfowitz Wants War Against Syria

All while the UN and Kofi Annan continue to seek diplomatic solution.

Jul 5, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Washington’s Militarized Mindset Washington’s Militarized Mindset

The lessons Washington can't draw from the failure of the military option.

Jul 5, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Foreign Policy Deception

Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Foreign Policy Deception Jeremy Scahill: Obama’s Foreign Policy Deception

Obama ran a campaign against the foreign policy of the Bush Administration. And then he followed directly in their footsteps.

Jul 3, 2012 / Francis Reynolds

The Deepening Spanish Debt Crisis

The Deepening Spanish Debt Crisis The Deepening Spanish Debt Crisis

In Andalusia, they’re fighting unemployment and austerity with flamenco protests, house squatting and a reinvigorated leftist coalition.

Jul 3, 2012 / Andy Robinson

Islamophobia: A Bipartisan Project Islamophobia: A Bipartisan Project

While Peter King’s hearings on Muslim “radicalization” were controversial, they draw on a long history of US policy that has demonized Islam, under Republicans an...

Jul 2, 2012 / Deepa Kumar

Flying Hippopotamus Over Afghanistan: $500 Million-Plus Flying Hippopotamus Over Afghanistan: $500 Million-Plus

White House tells defense contractors not to worry themselves about spending cuts.

Jul 2, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

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