What’s Wrong—and Right—With Greece What’s Wrong—and Right—With Greece
With help (and pressure) from the EU, Greece could emerge from the current tumult with a more efficient public sector, less tied to political patronage.
Jul 20, 2011 / Steven Hill
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is Rupert Murdoch’s Fall Inevitable? Katrina vanden Heuvel: Is Rupert Murdoch’s Fall Inevitable?
News Corp. has degraded the political discourse of at least three nations—what will it take to re-establish a free and responsible media?
Jul 19, 2011 / Press Room
The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons
Jeremy Scahill says America has to decide, "are we a country that operates under the rule of law or do we believe we're emperors who can wage war on the world?"
Jul 19, 2011 / Press Room
Soaring Food Prices, Wild Weather and a Planetful of Trouble Soaring Food Prices, Wild Weather and a Planetful of Trouble
From Kyrgyzstan to Kenya, from Libya to Yemen, Syria and even Egypt, violence and upheaval can be traced back to the price of a loaf of bread.
Jul 19, 2011 / Christian Parenti
The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons The Obama Doctrine: Drones, Targeted Killings and Secret Prisons
Jeremy Scahill says America has to decide, "are we a country that operates under the rule of law or do we believe we're emperors who can wage war on the world?"
Jul 19, 2011 / Morning Joe
Egypt’s Activists: Now I Tweet in Arabic Egypt’s Activists: Now I Tweet in Arabic
The revolution has fostered a national sense of accomplishment and a newfound pride in being Egyptian.
Jul 18, 2011 / The Nation
Egypt’s Activists: I Wouldn’t Vote for the Islamists Egypt’s Activists: I Wouldn’t Vote for the Islamists
The Western media's focus on the importance of Islamist parties in the country's political landscape is dangerously misplaced.
Jul 18, 2011 / The Nation
The Rebirth of Russian Civil Society The Rebirth of Russian Civil Society
A new generation of web-savvy civic activists are steadily builiding a participatory, nonideological and conspicuously patriotic movement against official corruption.
Jul 18, 2011 / Vadim Nikitin
This Week: A Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis. PLUS: Four Major Investigations This Week: A Jobs Crisis, Not a Deficit Crisis. PLUS: Four Major Investigations
This week, gridlock over the debt-crisis is deflecting attention from the real issue—14 million people unemployed. The Murdoch scandle gets worse; contributor D.D. Guttenplan...
Jul 15, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
CIA’s New Base in Somalia: The Worst-Kept Secret in Mogadishu CIA’s New Base in Somalia: The Worst-Kept Secret in Mogadishu
Something is terribly wrong when one can see a walled CIA compound in plain site from the tarmac of an international airport.
Jul 15, 2011 / Press Room