Hawks Want Libya Escalation—Will Obama Agree? Hawks Want Libya Escalation—Will Obama Agree?
The death toll rises—so much for humanitarian interventionism.
Apr 26, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bay of Pigs, 50 Years Later: The Lessons Kennedy Never Learned Bay of Pigs, 50 Years Later: The Lessons Kennedy Never Learned
JFK failed to defeat Fidel; then he needed to prove his “toughness” somewhere else.
Apr 18, 2011 / Jon Wiener
A Day With Malalai Joya A Day With Malalai Joya
A revolutionary young Afghan woman against the Taliban, the warlords and NATO.
Apr 14, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Kucinich’s Lonely Fight Against Obama’s Libya War Kucinich’s Lonely Fight Against Obama’s Libya War
The Ohio congressman warns the president that he's prolonging a civil war.
Apr 12, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: Yemen’s Tribes will Shape the Country’s Future Jeremy Scahill: Yemen’s Tribes will Shape the Country’s Future
Why has the US shifted the official policy toward Yemen's strongman president, Ali Abdullah Saleh?
Apr 5, 2011 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Jeremy Scahill: The Obama Doctrine Is No Different Than Bush’s Jeremy Scahill: The Obama Doctrine Is No Different Than Bush’s
The US doesn't want Yemen's autocratic president to lose his grip on power: he's one of the administration's main allies in the war on terror.
Apr 1, 2011 / MSNBC
Why is the Federal Reserve Propping Up the Bank of Libya? Why is the Federal Reserve Propping Up the Bank of Libya?
“It is incomprehensible to me that while creditworthy small businesses in Vermont and throughout the country could not receive affordable loans, the Federal Reserve was provi...
Apr 1, 2011 / John Nichols
Jeremy Scahill: Keep US Troops Out of Libya Jeremy Scahill: Keep US Troops Out of Libya
Should the US arm Libya's rebels? For The Nation's Jeremy Scahill, the answer is an emphatic no.
Mar 31, 2011 / The Ed Schultz Show
Jimmy Carter: Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba Jimmy Carter: Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba
The former US president calls for open travel for US citizens and freedom for Alan Gross and the Cuban Five.
Mar 30, 2011 / Peter Kornbluh
Samantha Power Goes to War Samantha Power Goes to War
With the Arab world's pro-democracy uprisings comes a resurgence for the "humanitarian hawks."
Mar 30, 2011 / Tom Hayden