If Only Washington Had a Brain If Only Washington Had a Brain
There’s a perfectly obvious path toward that Republican goal of $100 billion in cuts: change our thinking about making war.
Feb 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No Cutting Defense: Obama, Gates Say No
A coalition of liberals, antiwar activists, Tea Party types and deficit hawks are getting out the axe for the Pentagon's bloated budget.
Feb 16, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why Mubarak Fell Why Mubarak Fell
President Obama, let Egypt be a primer on how to judge the power that can be wielded by mass protest. It might prepare you better for the next round of political upheavals.
Feb 15, 2011 / Michael Schwartz
From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square From an Israeli Prison to Tahrir Square
A Palestinian's odyssey in a Middle East ablaze.
Feb 14, 2011 / Jen Marlowe
For the First Time Ever, They Had a Revolution… For the First Time Ever, They Had a Revolution…
Let's keep Washington Bullets in mind thinking about Egypt.
Feb 12, 2011 / Greg Grandin
The Breakdown: In an Age of Austerity, Can’t the US Cut the Military Budget? The Breakdown: In an Age of Austerity, Can’t the US Cut the Military Budget?
The US maintains the most expansive and expensive military on the planet. On this week's edition of The Breakdown, D.C. Editor Chris Hayes and Institute for Policy Studies Research...
Feb 11, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances Building a Perfect Machine of Perpetual War: The Mexico-to-Colombia Security Corridor Advances
Washington is integrating Mexico, Central America and Colombia into a neoliberal-neocon corridor, creating a perfect circle of conflict, violence and repression.
Feb 11, 2011 / Greg Grandin
The ‘Hero’ of the War on Terror The ‘Hero’ of the War on Terror
Congressman Peter King's dark fantasies about American Muslims are intruding on reality.
Feb 10, 2011 / Michelle Goldberg
Backward, Christian Soldiers Backward, Christian Soldiers
Zealots are trying to turn the military into a religious army. Mikey Weinstein is fighting back.
Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Stephen Glain
Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal Why Bradley Manning Is a Patriot, Not a Criminal
For bringing to light critical but long-suppressed information, Pfc. Manning has been treated not as a whistleblower, but as a criminal and a spy.
Feb 10, 2011 / Chase Madar