Global Organizations

The NGO Republic of Haiti The NGO Republic of Haiti

How the international relief effort after the 2010 earthquake excluded Haitians from their own recovery.

Oct 31, 2012 / Feature / Kathie Klarreich and Linda Polman

More Civilians Slaughtered in Afghanistan in US Airstrike More Civilians Slaughtered in Afghanistan in US Airstrike

Yet again.

Oct 16, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe Cause For Hope: Robin Hood Tax Advances in Europe

The EU's financial transaction tax should be a model for similar common sense reforms in the United States. 

Oct 15, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts Red Cross, Crisis Group Issue Bleak Afghan Forecasts

Meanwhile, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta spews happy talk at a NATO meeting.

Oct 10, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Obama at the UN: No Vision, Lots of Whoppers Obama at the UN: No Vision, Lots of Whoppers

The president kowtows to GOP criticism on foreign policy.

Sep 25, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

UN Mediator on Syria Briefs a Divided Security Council UN Mediator on Syria Briefs a Divided Security Council

A diplomatic solution to Syria’s civil war remains unlikely—but possible.

Sep 24, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

A Huge Victory for Global Justice A Huge Victory for Global Justice

With a new SEC regulation, no longer will big oil and mining companies be able to hide under-the-table payments to crooked Third World governments.

Sep 4, 2012 / James North

Counterinsurgency or Civilian Slaughter in Afghanistan? Counterinsurgency or Civilian Slaughter in Afghanistan?

Draw your own conclusions.

Aug 20, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

Economic Crimes in Congo Economic Crimes in Congo

If the Congolese people can force the multinational mining giants to pay their government fairly, this country has a chance.

Jul 24, 2012 / James North

Syria’s ‘Descent Into All-Out Civil War’

Syria’s ‘Descent Into All-Out Civil War’ Syria’s ‘Descent Into All-Out Civil War’

Russia and China veto the UN resolution as fighting intensifies.

Jul 19, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss

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