Israel and the Klein Doctrine
The recent meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted the difficulty of untying the… more
The recent meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu highlighted the difficulty of untying the… more
President Obama seeks a world without nuclear weapons, but there are signs a key treaty is unraveling.
The anxiety over the selection of Jacob Zuma as president of South Africa obscures a significant milestone: For the… more
Netanyahu's coalition begins to govern, as the world awaits a two-state solution.
The Obama administration plans a new round of 'public safety' programs in Latin America.
Barack Obama could become America's first human rights president.
America's first black president refused to attend a U.N. conference on racism.
Activists successfully oppose a Pentagon radar base plan in the Czech Republic.
Naomi Klein and Rabbi Arthur Waskow debate whether divestment will bring peace to the Middle East.
More than four years after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile, questions linger about Washington's involvement.
What will the International Criminal Court's indictment of President Bashir mean for the future of Sudan?
12 is a stunning revision of a classic American film.
If the war in Iraq is winding down, what does peace look like?
New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof--like many of his American colleagues--is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order… more
Mixed results for 'el frente' in the country's congressional elections.
Heralded for its Orange Revolution five years ago, Ukraine is coming apart at the seams
A nomadic, West African people are threatened by lucrative uranium mining.
The private security firm eyes a new market: the high seas.
From Israel to Afghanistan, foreign policy challenges will test the new administration.
The goal of their recycling project? Jobs for Haitians
One of the finest traditions of the American left has been its historic commitment to solidarity with the oppressed… more
Conscientious objectors from the U.S. military who are seeking refuge in Canada are rightly confused about the rules when… more
How deregulation fuels the global food crisis
Since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, Gens. George Casey, David Petraeus and Ricardo Sanchez have not heeded… more
Globally, 1 billion overweight people coexist with 800 million starving people. That's one of many perverse facts in Stuffed… more
How U.S. funding of the world press corps may be buying influence
Should it ever be finished, the U.S. embassy in Iraq will stand as a colossal monument to the Bush administration's failures
Both the U.S. and Iranian governments have been stopped dialogues between citizens seeking peaceful resolution
American-style sprawl is adversely affecting the outposts of our global empire
The neo-cons may be coordinating with the American Enterprise Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, Commentary, Fox, and all the usual suspects to build enough public support to bomb Iran
Current policies favor giant shipping companies and agribusinesses over the starving populations they are supposed to serve
Out with strongman Mao and in with svelte-suited diplomats and film personalities: Chinese leaders have learned the value of a warm smile and firm handshake
Iran's real threat to the United States has less to do with nuclear ambitions and more to do with an explosive tension between politics and resources
Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city
The Bush administration has brought democracy to Iraq, only to ignore it
In March 1999, President Clinton toured several Latin American countries, surveying areas devastated by Hurricane Mitch and meeting with… more
To his supporters, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) represents the sane voice of the Democratic Party--a man who reads books,… more
The annual protests against the School of the Americas--the U.S. Army's training institute for Latin American military leaders--are unlike… more
Chinese students are less than impressed with Nancy Pelosi's fight for human rights in their country