After Disaster in Japan, GOP Pushes For Emergency Services Cuts After Disaster in Japan, GOP Pushes For Emergency Services Cuts
If the GOP succeeds in cutting back funding for agencies that regulate building standards and facilitate emergency evacuation, how will the US fare in the next unanticipated disast...
Mar 15, 2011 / The Ed Show
From Hiroshima to Fukushima From Hiroshima to Fukushima
The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.
Mar 15, 2011 / Jonathan Schell
How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States How the Tiny Kingdom of Bahrain Strong-Armed the President of the United States
Just how American bullets make their way into Bahraini guns, into weapons used by troops suppressing pro-democracy protesters, opens a wider window into the shadowy relationships b...
Mar 15, 2011 / Nick Turse
Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger Fukushima’s Spent Fuel Rods Pose Grave Danger
Even if reactor containment vessels hold, pools of spent fuel rods could combust and release clouds of radioactive cesium into the air—a calamity that could happen at US nucl...
Mar 15, 2011 / Christian Parenti
How to Help in Japan How to Help in Japan
Enormous resources are required to construct a safety net for the country's millions of citizens already mired in poverty.
Mar 14, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
After State Dept. Aide Condemns Abuse of Pvt. Manning, Administration ‘Shoots the Messenger’ After State Dept. Aide Condemns Abuse of Pvt. Manning, Administration ‘Shoots the Messenger’
Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley decries Department of Defense's mistratement of WikiLeaks suspect Pvt. Bradley Manning. Obama sides with Defense Department and Crowley re...
Mar 14, 2011 / John Nichols
Mummies and Models in the New Middle East Mummies and Models in the New Middle East
What will be the fate of Egypt and the millions of Egyptians who took to the streets in a staggering show of aggressive nonviolence in January and February?
Mar 14, 2011 / Pepe Escobar
Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya
Germany shoots down Libya no-fly zone, as neocons ask Obama to bomb Qaddafi's forces.
Mar 14, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here? Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here?
The US has twenty-three reactors of the same design as the Fukushima No. 1 reactor that is now in partial meltdown, and our federal regulators are captives of the nuclear industry.
Mar 14, 2011 / Christian Parenti
Draconian Sedition Laws Imprison Indian Human Rights Activist for Life Draconian Sedition Laws Imprison Indian Human Rights Activist for Life
Dr. Binayak Sen, a 61-year-old pediatrician, has been sentenced to life in prison, accused of aiding the Naxals, India‘s largest armed guerilla insurgency.
Mar 11, 2011 / Riddhi Shah and Jed Bickman