U.S. Ordered to Halt Linking Aid to Anti-Prostitution Oath
The Supreme Court overturned a mandate that certain organizations receiving HIV/AIDS funding state their opposition to prostitution.
Iranians Vote for Hope and a Change of Course
Iran’s June 14 presidential election results, announced the day after voting was held, were nothing less than a political earthquake.
How Dystopian Secrecy Contributes to Clueless Wars
Bradley Manning Has Done More for U.S. Security than SEAL Team 6
Overcoming ‘Strategic Suspicion’ — Goal of Obama-Xi Summit
This week’s summit between the presidents of the U.S. and China is being welcomed as a virtually unprecedented opportunity for each side.
Too Soon to Tell
Hope and history are sisters: one looks forward and one looks back, and they make the world spacious enough to move through freely.
How Contractors Got Billions for Bases
The Pentagon controls a huge collection of global military bases. The question is: Who is benefiting?
Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth
What if the unipolar moment turns out to be a planetary moment in which previously distinct imperial events fuse into a single disastrous system?
The Great Afghan Corruption Scam
The U.S. flooded Afghanistan with military and aid funds, while expediently skipping any process of oversight, and so turned Operation Enduring Freedom into Operation Enduring Corruption.
Ten Years After Iraq War, Neo-Cons Struggle to Hold Republicans
The split between the Republican Party’s two wings appears certain to grow wider, if for no other reason than deficit-cutting will remain the Republicans’ main obsession for the foreseeable future.
Intrigue Surrounds U.S. Arrest of Iran-based Bin Laden Son-in-Law
While Abu Ghaith’s trial venue provided the major source of debate on his fate in the U.S., foreign policy experts expressed more interest in how he came into U.S. hands.
GM Seeds and the Militarization of Food (And Everything Else)
Dr. Vandana Shiva talks about GMOs, the militarization of agriculture, the politics of occupation, and the primacy of biodiversity.
Climate Change as History’s Deal-Breaker
Climate change, global warming, extreme weather — call it what you will — is the obvious deal-breaker in human, if not planetary, history.
Ahead of March Iran Talks, U.S. Urged to Back Possible Israeli Strike
The U.S. risks rupturing tenuous diplomatic talks with Iran in a new resolution introduced to Congress that vouches U.S. support for Israel.
After Unprecedented Fight, Hagel Confirmed as Obama’s Pentagon Chief
Despite a massive effort by “pro-Israel” neoconservatives to derail his nomination, the Senate has voted to confirm Chuck Hagel as the next secretary of defense.
U.S. Urged to Lean Harder on Bahrain’s Ruling Family
While Washington publicly advocates for open dialogue and reform between Bahrain’s regime and the opposition, its policy has so far avoided exerting any real pressure on the kingdom to achieve these ends.