Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’ Edward Snowden Is Not a ‘Traitor’ and Glenn Greenwald Is Not an ‘Accomplice’
If anything, reporting on the NSA’s overreach has revealed just how dangerous to our freedoms the agency’s surveillance practices really are.
Feb 18, 2014 / Robert Scheer
Just How Easy Is it for the President to Kill an American Citizen? Just How Easy Is it for the President to Kill an American Citizen?
It’s still possible to remember, almost nostalgically, how the Fifth Amendment used to guarantee Americans due process.
Feb 18, 2014 / Peter Van Buren
Obama Plans to Escalate the War in Syria Obama Plans to Escalate the War in Syria
But the hard reality is that it's time to give up on regime change in Damascus.
Feb 18, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Meet Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN’s Middleman on Syria Meet Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN’s Middleman on Syria
Thanks to the deft negotiations of this veteran UN troubleshooter, tensions have eased in the Geneva peace talks.
Feb 18, 2014 / Barbara Crossette
The Sochi Games Are Being Held on the Land of Genocide The Sochi Games Are Being Held on the Land of Genocide
“Sochi is the land of Circassians. They can’t hide this anymore.”
Feb 17, 2014 / Dave Zirin
The Talibanization of Hindu History in India The Talibanization of Hindu History in India
Penguin’s withdrawing and pulping The Hindus: An Alternative History is only the latest in a series of surrenders.
Feb 14, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Putin’s Olympic Thaw Doesn’t Trickle Down to Local Activists Putin’s Olympic Thaw Doesn’t Trickle Down to Local Activists
An activist who had been vocal in his opposition to Sochi’s environmental impact has been sentenced to three years in a prison colony.
Feb 13, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Can AIPAC Stop the Obama-Kerry Plan for Israel-Palestine? Can AIPAC Stop the Obama-Kerry Plan for Israel-Palestine?
Over the next few weeks, President Obama will meet the leaders of Israel, Jordan and nearly all of the Persian Gulf Arab states.
Feb 13, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
How One Country Emerged From the Arab Spring With a Democratic State How One Country Emerged From the Arab Spring With a Democratic State
In Tunisia, secularists and Islamists produced a landmark constitution—without Western interference.
Feb 12, 2014 / Feature / Yasmine Ryan
A Voice for Democracy Against Egypt’s ‘Fascist Buildup’ A Voice for Democracy Against Egypt’s ‘Fascist Buildup’
Amr Hamzawy was one of the few liberals who condemned both the Morsi government’s misrule and the military coup. Now he’s increasingly isolated.
Feb 12, 2014 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous