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“David Duke Without the Baggage”: Will Top GOPer Steve Scalise Resign Over Speech to Racist Group?
As Congress begins a new session today, one of its top Republicans has acknowledged he once addressed a gathering of white supremacists and neo-Nazis.
Defying US and Israel, Will ICC Membership Bring Justice to Stateless and Occupied Palestinians?
Palestinian leaders have submitted a request to join the International Criminal Court.
The War in Afghanistan Formally Ends, the War Informally Goes On
Fariba Nawa is an Afghan-American journalist and author of “Opium Nation: Child Brides, Drug Lords and One Woman's Journey Through Afghanistan.” She was interviewed by NAM editor, Andrew …
Joseph Stiglitz: Economics Has to Come to Terms With Wealth and Income Inequality
Stiglitz explores the work of Thomas Piketty and the need for economics to come to terms with income inequality.
Bill Mitchell: Demystifying Modern Monetary Theory
In a challenge to conventional views on monetary and fiscal policy, Bill Mitchell has emerged as one of the foremost exponents of Modern Monetary Theory.
The Children’s Climate Crusade
It may just turn out that our children and their children will save us from ourselves.
From Drone Strikes to Black Sites, How US Foreign Policy Runs Under a Cloak of Secrecy
At least nine Pakistanis were killed Sunday in a US drone strike in North Waziristan.
How All Sides in the Ukraine Crisis Are Misusing History
Historian Kate Brown talks about the many ways all sides in the Ukraine crisis have been misusing history.
Robert McChesney: We Need to Advocate Radical Solutions to Systemic Problems
The author discusses net neutrality, his hopes for a post-capitalist democracy in the United States and more.
Who Goes to Jail? Matt Taibbi on “The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap”
In his new book, Matt Taibbi asks why the vast majority of white-collar criminals have avoided prison since the financial crisis began.