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Letter From Rio: Save Armando’s House From the Olympics Letter From Rio: Save Armando’s House From the Olympics

In prepartion for the 2016 games, Olympic organizers are destroying communities, many of which took decades to build.

Sep 17, 2012 / Blog / Dave Zirin

Yemen Inflamed Yemen Inflamed

The mob that breached the US embassy was angry about an anti-Muslim film—but the country’s resentment of US policy runs much deeper.

Sep 15, 2012 / Adam Baron

Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers Mitt Romney’s Muslim-Baiting Backers

The GOP candidate’s disastrous response to the incendiary “Innocence of Muslims” video should come as no surprise in light of his Islamophobic connections.

Sep 14, 2012 / Wayne Barrett

Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video Why YouTube Is Wrong to Censor the Anti-Islam Video

The selective censorship of “Innocence of Muslims” in Libya and Egypt “reeks of paternalism.”

Sep 14, 2012 / Blog / Ari Melber

Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads Newest GOP National Security Attack on Obama: He Reads

Conservatives are complaining that sometimes President Obama reads intelligence briefings instead of getting them in person. How did George W. Bush handle it? 

Sep 14, 2012 / Blog / Ben Adler

Neoconjobs Neoconjobs

The Obama administration's quiet reponse to a 2010 bombing in Georgia contrasts with the macho foreign policy vision Mitt demonstrated with his response to riots in the Arab world ...

Sep 13, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Is the US Monopolizing War? Is the US Monopolizing War?

Military operations and arms sales are what America knows best. 

Sep 13, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt

Romney’s Fatal Libya Blunder Romney’s Fatal Libya Blunder

Can you imagine this man in the White House?

Sep 13, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Who’s Got the Nukes? Who’s Got the Nukes?

As Israel steps up its saber-rattling against Iran, the US press continues to ignore facts that would undermine Israel's “moral” position.

Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / William Greider

Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety Priebus Posturing: RNC Chair Crosses the Last Line of Political Propriety

Republicans should call their chairman out for intentionally creating a false impression after the death of the US ambassador to Libya. 

Sep 12, 2012 / Blog / John Nichols

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