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Stephen Cohen: The American Press Is Wrong About Ukraine

Stephen Cohen: The American Press Is Wrong About Ukraine Stephen Cohen: The American Press Is Wrong About Ukraine

What's really going on in Kiev?

Dec 11, 2013 / Press Room

The Danger in Ukraine

The Danger in Ukraine The Danger in Ukraine

A blowup over the crisis in Kiev is the last thing that Obama needs.

Dec 11, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

In Honduras Election, the People’s Will Is Hushed but Not Silenced

In Honduras Election, the People’s Will Is Hushed but Not Silenced In Honduras Election, the People’s Will Is Hushed but Not Silenced

As Xiomara Castro contests her defeat, campesinos, students and the LIBRE faithful continue to organize.

Dec 10, 2013 / Dawn Paley

Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US

Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US

Everyone’s lining up to pay tribute to Mandela; but in the Reagan era, many were close to the apartheid regime.

Dec 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats

Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats

Can they survive another grand coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU—and is it too late to rejuvenate the party that once subordinated capitalism to the public good?

Dec 10, 2013 / Norman Birnbaum

How War Vanished From the American Novel

How War Vanished From the American Novel How War Vanished From the American Novel

Americans have been living in the shadow of war for at least a decade, but there’s remarkably little evidence of it in our art.

Dec 10, 2013 / Beverly Gologorsky

Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights Nelson Mandela’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The anti-apartheid hero asked world leaders to “have the courage to ensure that, at last, we build a human world consistent with the provisions of that historic Declaration.&...

Dec 10, 2013 / John Nichols

Repression Deepens in Egypt

Repression Deepens in Egypt Repression Deepens in Egypt

At first it was the Muslim Brotherhood. Now dozens of journalists, non-Islamist activists and students have been detained and beaten.

Dec 9, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Nelson Mandela, Feminist

Nelson Mandela, Feminist Nelson Mandela, Feminist

Few people know that Mandela was a global leader on reproductive freedom.

Dec 9, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue

America’s Persian Gulf Empire?

America’s Persian Gulf Empire? America’s Persian Gulf Empire?

Military buildup in the Persian Gulf, arms sales could undermine US-Iran negotiations.

Dec 9, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

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