Noam Chomsky: How Can the World Confront Peak Oil? Noam Chomsky: How Can the World Confront Peak Oil?
What is the connection between US Pentagon expenditures and the market price of oil?
Jan 9, 2012 / Press Room
Hawks Hysterical Over Pentagon Cuts Hawks Hysterical Over Pentagon Cuts
Obama's modest effort to slow Pentagon spending roils the military-industrial complex.
Jan 9, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012 2011: Upending The Conversational Patterns That Will Matter in 2012
An expert on conversations gives new insight into the transitions of 2011 that give hope for the year ahead.
Jan 9, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
Huntsman: The Better Foreign Policy Alternative to Paul Huntsman: The Better Foreign Policy Alternative to Paul
Many on the left have fallen for Ron Paul’s non-interventionism. But there’s a Republican with a more responsible approach: Jon Huntsman.
Jan 6, 2012 / Ben Adler
Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default Arms Dealer Obama Will Win by Default
How much are the Democrats counting on the profits and jobs generated by arming the world in the coming election?
Jan 5, 2012 / Robert Scheer
‘The Iron Lady’: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need ‘The Iron Lady’: The Margaret Thatcher Movie We Don’t Need
In the new bio-pic, Margaret Thatcher's iron isn’t just rusty, it’s melted down into something soft and personal. The Iron Lady gives us Thatcher, the ABBA Version...
Jan 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting Guantánamo: Ten Years and Counting
With Obama's signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the prison becomes a permanent fixture.
Jan 4, 2012 / David Cole
Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens Obama and the Indefinite Detention of US Citizens
With the signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the president has brought Guantánamo-style justice to the United States.
Jan 4, 2012 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Great Migration How US Policies Fueled Mexico’s Great Migration
Impoverished by NAFTA, residents of Veracruz crossed the border to work in Smithfield’s Tar Heel slaughterhouse. Now, they’re condemned as “illegals.”
Jan 4, 2012 / Feature / David Bacon
Mexico’s Anti-Abortion Backlash Mexico’s Anti-Abortion Backlash
In just two years, half the country’s states have passed extreme fetal-rights amendments.
Jan 4, 2012 / Feature / Mary Cuddehe