A Bad Week for the NSA A Bad Week for the NSA
The report from a White House review panel is a confirmation of pathology within the NSA, if not a perfect prescription for reform.
Dec 19, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
Russia Wins a Round in Ukraine Russia Wins a Round in Ukraine
It’s ugly, but the United States ought to stay out of it.
Dec 19, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
From Syria to Bosnia: Memoirs of a Mujahid in Limbo From Syria to Bosnia: Memoirs of a Mujahid in Limbo
A Syrian national who fought in Bosnia and now languishes in immigration detention reflects on the Bosnian war, his predicament and the civil war in Syria.
Dec 19, 2013 / Franco Galdini and Foreign Policy In Focus
Explaining Ourselves Explaining Ourselves
How the puzzle solutions got a little longer
Dec 19, 2013 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Egypt’s Crackdown Widens Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Egypt’s Crackdown Widens
Egypt’s brutal suppression of the Muslim Brotherhood has now widened to include journalists, non-Islamist activists and students.
Dec 19, 2013 / Press Room
Why Is There No Mark Twain to Skewer Our Gilded Age? Why Is There No Mark Twain to Skewer Our Gilded Age?
It can’t be for lack of subjects.
Dec 19, 2013 / Lewis Lapham
Celebrating Willy Brandt’s 100th Birthday Celebrating Willy Brandt’s 100th Birthday
He risked his life in the underground against the Nazis, helped rebuild German social democracy after the war and laid the groundwork for reconciliation of East and West. Lebe wohl...
Dec 19, 2013 / Norman Birnbaum
Liz Cheney’s Husband Registers to Vote in Two States? Is That ‘Voter Fraud’? Liz Cheney’s Husband Registers to Vote in Two States? Is That ‘Voter Fraud’?
The strange tale of the Senate candidate’s spouse reminds of how absurd most fraud claims are.
Dec 19, 2013 / John Nichols
What Will the ‘Billie Jean Delegation’ Mean for LGBT Rights in Sochi? What Will the ‘Billie Jean Delegation’ Mean for LGBT Rights in Sochi?
The Obama administation has made a welcome and provocative choice to represent the United States in Sochi.
Dec 19, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Harkin Calls Out Congressional Scrooges and Their ‘Benign Neglect’ Harkin Calls Out Congressional Scrooges and Their ‘Benign Neglect’
Washington is making life harder for most middle- and low-income Americans. Why?
Dec 18, 2013 / George Zornick