CIA Hearings Open a Window of Opportunity CIA Hearings Open a Window of Opportunity
Congress has many options to counter the Obama Doctrine, including revising the 1973 War Powers Resolution and 2011 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
Feb 13, 2013 / Tom Hayden
What Obama Won’t Tell Us About Afghanistan Tonight What Obama Won’t Tell Us About Afghanistan Tonight
Drawing down soldiers by 2016 isn’t fast enough—just look at the many civilians killed by the US military and the prisoners tortured by US-trained forces.
Feb 12, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
If We’re So Strapped, Why Don’t We Move Abroad? If We’re So Strapped, Why Don’t We Move Abroad?
It may be a screwed-up country, but it’s ours.
Feb 12, 2013 / Nona Willis Aronowitz
Central Intelligence or Dumb and Dumber? Central Intelligence or Dumb and Dumber?
A secret CIA drone base, a blowback world and why Washington has no learning curve.
Feb 12, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Nick Turse: The United States Hasn’t Owned up to Vietnam War Crimes Nick Turse: The United States Hasn’t Owned up to Vietnam War Crimes
The author recounts his long, difficult struggle to expose the truth about atrocities.
Feb 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Press Room
What’s Next for the Dreamers? What’s Next for the Dreamers?
Will Obama’s new immigration reform agenda lead to real changes for the millions of immigrants living in legal limbo?
Feb 11, 2013 / Tom Hayden
Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President
Members of the party of a sitting president have a higher responsibility to raise constitutional concerns about drone policy.
Feb 10, 2013 / John Nichols
President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And … President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …
The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well.
Feb 8, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Altercation Extra: This is Forbes Journalism? My Complete E-mail Correspondence with Mr. Richard Behar of Forbes Magazine Altercation Extra: This is Forbes Journalism? My Complete E-mail Correspondence with Mr. Richard Behar of Forbes Magazine
An article on the Brooklyn College BDS debate sparks a biting e-mail exchange with an angry reader.
Feb 8, 2013 / Eric Alterman
Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder? Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder?
Jeremy Scahill rips apart the hearings for Obama’s “assassination czar.”
Feb 8, 2013 / Press Room