Obama’s Choice: Diplomacy or War in Syria Obama’s Choice: Diplomacy or War in Syria
Polls show Americans overwhelmingly oppose US action in Syria, 62-24.
May 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
With Friends Like These: On Pakistan With Friends Like These: On Pakistan
Ahmed Rashid’s gloomy, essential account of the divisive US-Pakistan alliance.
Apr 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Christian Parenti
Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets Google’s Spymasters Are Now Worried About Your Secrets
Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.
Apr 30, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Stay Out of Syria! Part II Stay Out of Syria! Part II
The New York Times blows the cover off the Syrian rebel movement.
Apr 29, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama: Stay Out of Syria! Obama: Stay Out of Syria!
The answer is diplomacy, not war.
Apr 26, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jeremy Scahill: Liberal Support Allowed Obama to Expand Bush’s Interrogation Program Jeremy Scahill: Liberal Support Allowed Obama to Expand Bush’s Interrogation Program
Contrary to popular belief, the president has only increased the scope of our global program to detain and torture people.
Apr 24, 2013 / Press Room
Inside America’s Dirty Wars Inside America’s Dirty Wars
How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.
Apr 24, 2013 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis
After fleeing violence at home, Syrians struggle to eke out a new life in Jordan’s cities and towns.
Apr 24, 2013 / Feature / Elizabeth Whitman
Is There a Chechen Connection to the Boston Bombings? Is There a Chechen Connection to the Boston Bombings?
It appears the Tsarnaev brothers were self-motivated. But their Salafist extremism was itself one outgrowth of the brutal Chechen wars of independence against Russia.
Apr 24, 2013 / Thomas Goltz
Jeremy Scahill: Killing Anwar al-Awlaki Jeremy Scahill: Killing Anwar al-Awlaki
With the killing of Awlaki, the president of the United States became judge, jury and executioner for American citizens.
Apr 23, 2013 / Francis Reynolds