A Lobo in Sheep’s Clothing?
New Honduran president's legitimacy questioned as 'one-sided civil war' deepens human rights crisis, national bankruptcy declared
New Honduran president's legitimacy questioned as 'one-sided civil war' deepens human rights crisis, national bankruptcy declared
Arabs are funny! A popular stand-up comedy festival in Jordan proves it.
A grassroots movement grows after Mexico shuts down a national electric company.
Photos of Honduras in crisis, all taken since President Mel Zelaya was ousted from power by a military coup last June.
Barack Obama, the fourth U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, joins the others in the long tradition… more
After controversial election, country rocked by violence, including brutal deaths of anti-coup resistance members.
Commemorating 50 years of revolution in Cuba.
A history of rock in Cuba.
The struggle, in the end, is always about money.
Not much has changed since Reinaldo Arenas’ time.
A virtual democracy against all odds.
Continuity, change and perspective.
Without real news, a more open democratic socialism is impossible.
Human rights violations, voter turnout questions stain effort to elect legitimate post-Zelaya president.
November marked the anniversary of major events in 1989: "the biggest year in world history since 1945," as British… more
How Cubans resolve to survive.
A simple, feasible plan for averting global climatic disaster.
Can a military dictatorship hold 'free' elections in Honduras?
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN--Young Afghans wear face masks as they walk in the main market on Nov. 2, 2009, in Kabul,… more
As peace accord negotiations continue, the ousted president speaks from his Brazilian Embassy refuge.
Early on a Friday morning, I switched on my radio to listen to the news as I slowly woke… more
A new liberal Washington lobby comes of age at its first annual conference.
Modern-day American border guard Shawn Carter works for the Chicago Transit Authority. His first morning of work at the… more
Trade and globalization--when not referencing blockbuster sports transactions or raucous street protests, debates over these abstract terms can give… more
A young Honduran activist was almost certainly tortured and killed by the military.
No matter what prominent U.S. apologists say, the military takeover of Honduras was—and is—violent and unjust.
Why diesel engines and vegetable oil should become best friends.
A woman was being carried down the road in a bed. I have encountered some strange things in South… more
The global justice movement evolves.
Lies, violence and the fight for freedom in Honduras.
The case for an immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Every powerful state relies on specialists whose task is to show that what the strong do is noble and… more
The post-election claims about the Afghan election have had the unfortunate effect of obscuring a far more fundamental consequence… more
Israel’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy colonizes the occupied West Bank one settlement at a time.
Afghanistan's historic August election was marred by widespread voting inconsistencies, despite efforts by U.S. and Afghan soldiers—and warlords—to keep the peace.
The United States was founded as an "infant empire," in the words of George Washington. The conquest of the… more
Haaretz's Gideon Levy bucks Israeli media to report on Palestinian suffering.