World

Why Aren’t Governments Dealing with Conflicts Caused by Climate Change? Why Aren’t Governments Dealing with Conflicts Caused by Climate Change?

Christian Parenti joins BBC to explain the debate at the UN over the relationship between political violence and global climate change. 

Jul 22, 2011 / The Nation

Behind the CIA’s Secret Somalia Operations Behind the CIA’s Secret Somalia Operations

In a secret, underground prison in Mogadishu, Somalia, prisoners have no access to due process, international organizations or anyone from the outside world.

Jul 22, 2011 / Countdown

Defense on the Chopping Block Defense on the Chopping Block

Obama and the GOP seem poised to agree on big cuts in Pentagon spending.

Jul 22, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Great Day Dawns for UK Media

A Great Day Dawns for UK Media A Great Day Dawns for UK Media

Thanks to the Guardian’s intrepid reporting, Britain has been released from the malign influence of the Murdoch empire.

Jul 21, 2011 / Misha Glenny

How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East How Not to Make Friends in the Greater Middle East

A look at America’s "singular achievement" in Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Greater Middle East.

Jul 21, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt

What’s Wrong—and Right—With Greece What’s Wrong—and Right—With Greece

With help (and pressure) from the EU, Greece could emerge from the current tumult with a more efficient public sector, less tied to political patronage.

Jul 20, 2011 / Steven Hill

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is Rupert Murdoch’s Fall Inevitable? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is Rupert Murdoch’s Fall Inevitable?

News Corp. has degraded the political discourse of at least three nations—what will it take to re-establish a free and responsible media?

Jul 19, 2011 / Press Room

The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons

Jeremy Scahill says America has to decide, "are we a country that operates under the rule of law or do we believe we're emperors who can wage war on the world?"

Jul 19, 2011 / Press Room

Soaring Food Prices, Wild Weather and a Planetful of Trouble Soaring Food Prices, Wild Weather and a Planetful of Trouble

From Kyrgyzstan to Kenya, from Libya to Yemen, Syria and even Egypt, violence and upheaval can be traced back to the price of a loaf of bread.

Jul 19, 2011 / Christian Parenti

The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons

Jeremy Scahill says America has to decide, "are we a country that operates under the rule of law or do we believe we're emperors who can wage war on the world?"

Jul 19, 2011 / Morning Joe

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