Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense Movie Favorites from the Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates chooses a movie--and it happens to be about a military coup in the US.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Hijinks or Undercover Ops? Hijinks or Undercover Ops?
If four politically-motivated young men with left-wing (or Muslim), rather than right-wing ties, broke into the office of a senior Senate Homeland Security Committee member and gai...
Feb 2, 2010 / Laura Flanders
End Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell End Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
We must immediately end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and allow gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces. We must do this because the existing policy...
Feb 2, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Talking to the Taliban, Again Talking to the Taliban, Again
Is there any chance that the logjam on negotiating an end to the war in Afghanistan is loosening up? So far the United States seems to be taking a hands-off attitude.
Feb 2, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
General Petraeus, PhD, at the University General Petraeus, PhD, at the University
Gen. David Petraeus pays a visit to Georgetown, where he takes questions but doesn't always answer them.
Feb 1, 2010 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
Video: Blackwater’s Youngest Victim Video: Blackwater’s Youngest Victim
On September 16, 2007, Blackwater employees killed at least 14 Iraqis in the infamous Nisour Square massacre. The youngest victim was nine-year-old Ali Kinani. In this exclusive in...
Feb 1, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Insulting China Insulting China
Just like Hong Kong, soon enough Taiwan -- the so-called Republic of China -- will be absorbed into China proper. It's a goner. The sheer force of China's gravitational pull will d...
Feb 1, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
‘New Haiti,’ Same Corporate Interests ‘New Haiti,’ Same Corporate Interests
Foreign ministers in the "Friends of Haiti" want to "build a new Haiti." But what will their neoliberal agenda mean for ordinary Haitians?
Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Isabel Macdonald
Tony Blair Channels Piaf: Je Ne Regrette Rien Tony Blair Channels Piaf: Je Ne Regrette Rien
What did Tony Blair know, and when did he know it?
Jan 29, 2010 / D.D. Guttenplan
Audiocast: A Conversation with Anand Gopal on America’s Secret Afghan Prisons Audiocast: A Conversation with Anand Gopal on America’s Secret Afghan Prisons
In this interview with Tom Dispatch, Anand Gopal talks about his how he learned about an unreported network of U.S. secret prisons in Afghanistan.
Jan 29, 2010 / Anand Gopal