July 11, 2005
At last week's G8 Summit, President Bush once again used terrorism to change the subject.
Monday 10:32 AM
July 08, 2005
Pulling the plug on subsidies for U.S. agribusiness could mean economic independence for Africa.
Friday 9:02 AM
July 06, 2005
Tony Blair has a chance to do the right thing for impoverished nations and redeem himself in one step. The time to challenge Bush is now.
Wednesday 3:30 PM
The new president of Iran was attacked by an unholy alliance that links Richard Perle, Rick Santorum and terrorists in Iraq.
Wednesday 10:16 AM
July 01, 2005
If Bolton gets to the UN, we can be certain he would do everything to keep it from preventing war with Iran.
Friday 9:00 AM
June 30, 2005
Are progressives snatching defeat from the jaws of victory by criticizing the G8 agreement on debt cancellation?
Thursday 9:10 AM
June 29, 2005
Nice try, George. If Iraq is going to be viable and Americans are to come home, the right people must get to the right table.
Wednesday 10:10 AM
June 28, 2005
With public opinion turning against the war and the insurgency strong, history presents a compelling case for how to get out.
Tuesday 10:13 AM
Tonight, President Bush will tell the nation we must stay the course. One outspoken general knows that's losing advice.
Tuesday 9:20 AM
If the president cares about his legacy, he will nominate a U.N. ambassador with a reputation for cooperation, not contention.
Tuesday 9:12 AM
June 27, 2005
An influential oil industry expert has demonstrated that Saudi oil production is peaking—and the planet isn't ready.
Monday 9:37 AM
June 24, 2005
The Downing Street memos confirm that Bush initiated the war with Iraq in May 2002, seeking to provoke Saddam Hussein and soften his defenses.
Friday 10:15 AM
June 22, 2005
With the Downing Street momentum building, it's time to dispel some of the smoke Bush's surrogates are blowing.
Wednesday 11:39 AM
U.S. policy toward Africa is based on the erroneous ideas that Africa can lift itself out of poverty and America is providing enough.
Wednesday 9:31 AM
More than proving Bush's intent to go to war, the Downing Street memos offer evidence that Bush's primary case for war was false.
Wednesday 8:51 AM
June 21, 2005
The White House is trying to sell CAFTA to Congress by making promises all evidence shows it won't keep.
Tuesday 9:45 AM
June 20, 2005
The Downing Street Memos confirm the existence of presidential deceit, even if they don't prove it. In other words, probable cause.
Monday 11:20 AM
The Downing Street Memos still do not answer the question of why the president wanted a war. Fortunately, Bush did that himself.
Monday 10:11 AM
June 17, 2005
The Iraqi soldiers of Charlie Company reveal the fantasy behind the centerpiece of the Bush administration's Iraq strategy.
Friday 10:48 AM
June 16, 2005
Even as public sentiment turns against the war, most Democratic leaders refuse to take a stand.
Thursday 10:24 AM
June 15, 2005
The Downing Street Memo revealed that Sherwood Baker died in Iraq defending Bush's public misinformation campaign.
Wednesday 11:02 AM
Bush is about to exacerbate earthly nuclear proliferation by establishing U.S. hegemony over the heavens.
Wednesday 9:39 AM
June 14, 2005
Confused by the mixed messages on Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo? That's exactly what the Bush administration wants.
Tuesday 10:55 AM
June 13, 2005
Newly leaked documents reveal the extent of the British cabinet's concern over America's disrespect for international law.
Monday 10:10 AM
June 10, 2005
Taking all spending into account, the federal government spends 68 cents of every dollar on defense.
Friday 10:25 AM
June 09, 2005
Appointing Zalmay Khalilzad as ambassador to Iraq shows just how detached from reality the White House (and the Democrats) are.
Thursday 10:22 AM
Forget the lousy managment style. John Bolton was one of the principal architects of Bush's manufactured Iraq intelligence.
Thursday 10:16 AM
Here are the five things Paul Wolfowitz must do to restore credibility and legitimacy to the Bank.
Thursday 9:25 AM
June 02, 2005
Bush's rhetoric about promoting freedom doesn't match up with the regimes he arms.
Thursday 1:02 PM
June 01, 2005
With the leaked Downing Street Memo, the legal case for impeachment is clear. The question is how to overcome media and political inertia.
Wednesday 9:43 AM
A team of foreign policy experts says a strong set of principles will keep America more secure than Bush's opaque agenda has.
Wednesday 9:29 AM
May 31, 2005
CAFTA protects big Ag and Pharma and freely trades good American jobs for Wal-Mart jobs. We can do better.
Tuesday 9:39 AM
May 30, 2005
Two Gulf War veterans on how our desire to end the war in Iraq should not overshadow our obligation to Iraqis.
Monday 10:34 AM
This Memorial Day draws attention to Americans who have died in Iraq. It's a wonder the White House hasn't tried to ban it.
Monday 9:42 AM
May 27, 2005
Largely unnoticed in the mainstream media, President Bush has ordered a new strategic doctrine of "global strike."
Friday 1:20 PM
May 26, 2005
While the Bush administration has been busy castigating
Newsweek, it's turned a blind eye to torture and terror in Uzbekistan.
Thursday 9:07 AM
Bush's meeting today with the Palestinian president can lead to a conflict-ending agreement. But first, Bush and Abbas must make tough promises—and keep them.
Thursday 8:55 AM
May 23, 2005
Both the Quran story and
Newsweek's earlier reporting about WMDs shed light on the "real" reporting rules the media follow.
Monday 9:54 AM
May 04, 2005
Politicization is far too mild a word. The intelligence on Iraq was not mistaken, it was manufactured. This was mass deception. And we have the smoking memo.
Wednesday 11:16 AM
The fate of Arab democracy is in the hands of local civil society groups—not the White House or the Green Zone.
Wednesday 9:43 AM
May 03, 2005
The leak of a highly classified memo finally confirms that Bush decided to invade Iraq and to deceive America a year before the invasion.
Tuesday 8:59 AM
May 02, 2005
A British memo does what American politicians won't: question the president's legal authority to wage war in Iraq.
Monday 11:30 AM
April 28, 2005
An Iraq veteran explains how Abu Ghraib was symptomatic of the wide-ranging problems in the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Thursday 10:25 AM
One year and 10 investigations later, Human Rights Watch says it is time to prosecute the architects of Abu Ghraib.
Thursday 9:44 AM
April 27, 2005
The Bolton battle, while not over, should show Dems that fighting the White House to the end pays dividends.
Wednesday 11:41 AM
April 26, 2005
Can the Saudis really do anything to reduce oil prices?
Tuesday 10:22 AM
April 21, 2005
The Bolton hearings uncovered two ways to politicize intelligence: to threaten analysts directly and to 'Boltonize.'
Thursday 11:25 AM
April 13, 2005
John Bolton's confirmation hearings expose the culture of political intimidation pervading the intelligence community.
Wednesday 4:58 PM
America's failure in Iraq has pointed Arab thinkers towards international law as much as democracy.
Wednesday 12:51 PM
April 11, 2005
John Bolton's confirmation has been postponed to this week. It's time to stop the Cheney takeover of the United Nations before it starts.
Monday 9:36 AM
April 08, 2005
Major announcements last week showed the danger of the centrist obsession with Islamic extremism.
Friday 10:00 AM
April 06, 2005
Joe Stiglitz questions whether Bush can spread democracy abroad when he undermines it at home.
Wednesday 10:52 AM
Rami Khouri knows Bush is not serious about democracy—and advises his occupier accordingly.
Wednesday 9:40 AM
April 05, 2005
Kofi Annan has a powerful vision for global peace and security that's anathema to John Bolton and the neocons.
Tuesday 9:55 AM
April 04, 2005
John Paul II was against the death penalty, the war in Iraq and, says countryman Marcin Król, unfettered capitalism.
Monday 10:45 AM
John Prados on how the president manipulated America. Twice.
Monday 9:57 AM
March 28, 2005
Ray McGovern calls for a clean national intelligence estimate on Iran and debunks the vice president's favorite myths.
Monday 12:25 PM
Ehsan Ahrari says the sale of F-16s shows the president's Central Asia strategy trumped smart South Asia policy.
Monday 11:30 AM
March 25, 2005
Torture survivor Sister Dianna Ortiz on the U.S. policy to systematically pass off the blame in torture cases.
Friday 9:36 AM
March 24, 2005
Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered 25 years ago today as part of the original "Salvador Option,' writes Mark Engler.
Thursday 9:53 AM
Rev. Jesse Jackson says that the people most affected by World Bank policies must have a hand in choosing its leader.
Thursday 9:35 AM
March 18, 2005
First off: flickers of democracy do not justify war in Iraq. Second: Juan Cole says they have nothing to do with the United States.
Friday 9:48 AM
If America's thirst for oil led Bush to Iraq, security expert Michael Klare wonders whether Bush accomplished his mission.
Friday 9:19 AM
Ray McGovern debunks the White House's "bad intelligence" excuse for Iraq and warns we may be in for more with Iran.
Friday 9:18 AM
Middle East analyst Chris Toensing sizes up the fallout on Israel and Iran.
Friday 9:17 AM
Retired diplomat John Brown says today's Middle East is not Communist Eastern Europe.
Friday 9:16 AM
March 17, 2005
Longtime World Bank observer Jim Vallette says Bush's move will consolidate U.S. global power.
Thursday 9:23 AM
March 15, 2005
Erik Leaver says it's time we demand a plan to accompany the Iraq spending bill Congress begins debating today.
Tuesday 9:21 AM
March 09, 2005
Amy Quinn of United for Peace and Justice says it's time to mobilize the majority of Americans who want U.S. troops out of Iraq.
Wednesday 8:19 AM
March 08, 2005
Teaser
Tuesday 5:20 PM
March 07, 2005
Jim Lobe calls John Bolton's appointment to the United Nations a victory for right-wing hawks.
Monday 4:09 PM
March 01, 2005
Linking climate change, poverty and war, Jeffrey Sachs says that to spread democracy, America needs to change.
Tuesday 9:41 AM
