Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO) Jeffrey Sachs: Population Controller? (VIDEO)
Jeff Sachs, who promises he’d lead the World Bank to a new era, proposes more of the same—plus population control. That’s taking us to a new era of Malthus.
Mar 16, 2012 / Laura Flanders
David Grossman Speaks Out Against War With Iran David Grossman Speaks Out Against War With Iran
Addressing the issue publicly for the first time, Israel’s leading novelist says an attack would set in motion a “nightmare."
Mar 14, 2012 / Larry Derfner
War as the President’s Private Preserve War as the President’s Private Preserve
Obama breaks new ground when it comes to war with Iran.
Mar 12, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
We Take Care of Right-Wing Nonsense about Bruce… We Take Care of Right-Wing Nonsense about Bruce…
Eric Alterman talks the blues and Cold War literature and Reed Richardson assesses our politics through Bruce Springsteen.
Mar 8, 2012 / Eric Alterman
America’s Failed (Bi-Partisan) Russia Policy America’s Failed (Bi-Partisan) Russia Policy
Twenty years after the end of the Soviet Union, the relationship features more elements of cold-war conflict than of stable cooperation.
Mar 8, 2012 / Stephen F. Cohen
The US, Israel and Iran The US, Israel and Iran
Obama foiled Netanyahu’s attempt to browbeat Washington into war. But the White House needs a new strategic approach.
Mar 7, 2012 / The Editors
The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’ The Right-Wing Effort to Smear Obama and Liberals as ‘Anti-Israel’
The Emergency Committee for Israel is accusing President Obama and liberal think tanks of opposing Israel’s interests, but they don’t have the evidence to back it up.&n...
Mar 4, 2012 / Ben Adler
You Are Only Coming Through in Waves You Are Only Coming Through in Waves
Eric Alterman talks jazz, blues and Floyd while Reed Richardson zeros in on the "Bunker Bluster."
Mar 1, 2012 / Eric Alterman
AIDS and Imperialism: Karma and Colonial Crimes AIDS and Imperialism: Karma and Colonial Crimes
A new book shows that the HIV virus was triggered by wanton imperial depredations.
Feb 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Bob Dreyfuss
Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act
More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.
Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy