Death at a Distance: The U.S. Air War
The mostly hidden story of escalated aerial bombardments in Iraq and elsewhere in the region.
Despite the Mortgage Crisis, Hedge Funders Are Still Raking It In
The little guys may be hurting, but fear not for the titans of capital.
Executive Pay Debate Raging in Europe and the United States
The CEO-worker pay gap is finally getting some high-profile attention from Presidential candidates. But lawmakers still aren’t doing nearly enough to tackle the gap.
Make Your Own Foreign Policy
With the policymakers who have steered our country in the wrong direction absent from Washington, now is the time for YOU to start making US foreign policy.
The Dangers of Scolding an Embattled Arab Leader
The last few days have brought a flurry of tense words between the Bush administration and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki. Make no mistake: these words are dangerous.
Memo to the President, 2020
Although we are currently considered revisionist historians, I believe that my End of Empire books definitively establish that the financial crisis that the United States experienced in 2007 was the key element in destroying our position in the world.
How to Stop AIDS Now
The ’08 Stop AIDS Platform is something that we must all take heed of: our next President must do more to stop the HIV/AIDS crisis. This conviction is what impelled this group of 15 youth AIDS activists to attend the Take Back America Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this summer and “birddog” Barack Obama and John Edwards.
On Political Poetry
Iranian poet Farideh HassanzadehMostafavi asks Adrienne Rich, Joy Harjo, Billy Collins, Maryam Ala Amjadi, and others about American foreign policy, 9/11, war, and the true essence of poetry.
60-Second Expert: U.S.-Korea Relations
The United States is negotiating with North Korea but hasn’t changed its fundamental policy toward the region.
Artists against Assassination
In their countrys tradition of creative dissent, Filipino artists have taken up the struggle against extrajudicial killings.
Three Hard Truths
The United States is negotiating with North Korea but hasn’t changed its fundamental policy toward the region.
Seoul Searching
after several years of strained relations between Seoul and Washington, will the Bush administration do a similar about-face and throw a lifeline to Roh Moo-Hyun?
Remittances: For Love and Money
The grassroots transfer of money from North to South can be a powerful tool of cross-border organizing.
Build Bridges, Not Bombers
Our foreign policy and our bridges: both are collapsing.
Why Saudi Arabia? Why Now?
Read the back story on why the administration thinks this deal makes sense.
The Saudi Arms Deal: Congressional Opposition Grows
This turkey may not fly.
Hope in Darfur
The latest UN resolution may well be a turning point in stopping genocide. But much hinges on political will.
Distrusting the Russians (Again)
The West should be careful about alienating Putin.
Gasoline for the Fire
Like a gambling addict who has to keep betting more to cover his previous losses, the Bush administration’s recently announced plan to provide some $65 billion worth of advanced weapons to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel over the next 10 years represents a reckless, poorly considered attempt to mitigate the consequences of its ill considered invasion of Iraq.
All Fall Down
Ten years after the Asian financial crisis, the Pacific economies have yet to really recover. Meanwhile, as columnist Walden Bello argues, finance capital resists any form of global regulation, making more financial crises likely.
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