Sochi Unofficially Bans Protest (Unless You’re an American Homophobe) Sochi Unofficially Bans Protest (Unless You’re an American Homophobe)
The brief detention of Pussy Riot members is only the latest in a series of oppressive arrests at this Olympics.
Feb 18, 2014 / Alec Luhn
Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq
The Pentagon’s whitewashed history of the Vietnam War provokes troubling questions about how the invasion of Iraq will one day be remembered.
Feb 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse
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