Building a Different Middle East Building a Different Middle East
The longest continuous nonviolent mobilization in Palestinian history is uniting villagers from all political factions, along with Israeli and international activists, against the ...
Jan 15, 2010 / Feature / Joel Beinin
The Right Wing’s Haiti Politics The Right Wing’s Haiti Politics
Ari Melber discusses the political implications of Pat Robertson's statement about Haiti's curse.
Jan 15, 2010 / The Joy Behar Show
The Battle for Iran The Battle for Iran
Obituaries for the Islamic Republic of Iran are premature.
Jan 14, 2010 / Nader Hashemi
Permanent Exile: On Marie Vieux-Chauvet Permanent Exile: On Marie Vieux-Chauvet
In Love, Anger, Madness, Marie Vieux-Chauvet explores the choking fear of life under "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
Jan 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Madison Smartt Bell
Helping Haiti Helping Haiti
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the country struck Haiti yesterday, causing catastrophic destruction in the hemisphere's poorest nation.
Jan 13, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Don’t Blame China Don’t Blame China
In the great American tradition of finding foreign scapegoats for our problems, the hunt is on to somehow hold China responsible for the misery that Wall Street financiers inflicte...
Jan 13, 2010 / Column / Robert Scheer
Terror in Uganda Terror in Uganda
Uganda is a country where homosexuality is already illegal, where violent attacks are common and where rape is used to 'cure' people of their sexual orientation. Now, a shocking ne...
Jan 12, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Holbrooke: Not Hostage to Pakistan Holbrooke: Not Hostage to Pakistan
Last week, during an appearance by Ambassador Richard Holbrooke at the Brookings Institution, I had a chance to ask him a key question about the war, concerning the Pakistan-Taliba...
Jan 12, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Blackwater and ‘The Hurt Locker’ Blackwater and ‘The Hurt Locker’
One of the stars of the widely acclaimed Iraq war film The Hurt Locker has claimed that the filmmakers hired the mercenary firm Blackwater. The producer says they were mercenaries,...
Jan 11, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
The Shadow War The Shadow War
The secret war that lies behind the CIA's recent intelligence disaster in Afghanistan.
Jan 11, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse