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After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years After the Iran Deal: How to Make the Most of the Next 15 Years

If the US wants to make the Iran deal stick, we have to face up to our broken nuclear promises.

Aug 31, 2015 / Alice Slater

August 31, 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, Dies in a Car Crash in Paris

August 31, 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, Dies in a Car Crash in Paris August 31, 1997: Diana, Princess of Wales, Dies in a Car Crash in Paris

“She ended up symbolizing a new set of values: self-invention, psychotherapy, emotional expressivity, egalitarian marriage and women’s right to seek love in and out of wedlock, fla...

Aug 31, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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Ukraine Has Reached a Debt Deal. Now What? Ukraine Has Reached a Debt Deal. Now What?

The deal has worrying implications for the IMF’s treatment of Russia.

Aug 28, 2015 / James Carden

The Pacific Coast Farm-Worker Rebellion

The Pacific Coast Farm-Worker Rebellion The Pacific Coast Farm-Worker Rebellion

From Baja California to Washington State, indigenous farm workers are standing up for their rights.

Aug 28, 2015 / David Bacon

Hurricane Katrina Disaster

After a Disaster Like Katrina, Water, Food, and Shelter Are Not Enough After a Disaster Like Katrina, Water, Food, and Shelter Are Not Enough

Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, residents are still fighting scam contractors and FEMA.

Aug 27, 2015 / Laura Tuggle

Bibi vs. Barack: Who Owns US Foreign Policy?

Bibi vs. Barack: Who Owns US Foreign Policy? Bibi vs. Barack: Who Owns US Foreign Policy?

The neocons are staging a comeback, fighting Obama’s Iran nuke deal along with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Aug 27, 2015 / William Greider

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Letters From the September 14-21, 2015, Issue Letters From the September 14-21, 2015, Issue

The end of water… a nuclear double standard… sharing the austerity…

Aug 27, 2015 / Our Readers

Cairo Street Scene, 1934. Credit: Library of Congress

Writings From the Most Fractured Place on Earth Writings From the Most Fractured Place on Earth

The revival of powerful literature about the Levant sheds light on our 21st-century conflicts.

Aug 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Adina Hoffman

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Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic Three Weeks After Obama Announced His Clean-Power Plan, He Greenlit New Oil Drilling in the Arctic

What’s driving the president’s bafflingly two-faced climate policy?

Aug 26, 2015 / Mark Hertsgaard

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Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev Berlin and Paris Versus Kiev

And Henry Kissinger versus US orthodoxy on Ukraine; and Putin versus Stalin on Russia’s past.

Aug 26, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

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