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First Military Commission Conviction Reversed
Former Guantanamo prisoner not guilty of “material support.”
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Hope in Hard Times
We live in hard times, but we need not go numb or give up for there is also much that is hopeful.
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Statement by 170 Civil Society Organizations on Regulatory Cooperation in EU-US Trade Talks
Regulatory cooperation is the ultimate tool to prevent or weaken future public interest standards for citizens, workers, consumers and the environment.
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Arduous Battle of Kurdish Socialist Forces in Rojhelat
Rojava is undergoing and cementing a revolution.
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Egypt Makes Libya the New Front in Anti-ISIS War, Four Years After NATO Left Chaos Behind
Will foreign governments intervene in Libya again?
Dean Baker: Why We Must Oppose the Coming Fed Interest Rate Hike
Progressives need to step up their opposition to any moves by the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates in the near future, says economist Dean Baker
Rejecting Austerity, Greece Squares Off With Its Creditors and Risks Future in Eurozone
Talks between Greece and its European creditors collapsed amidst disagreement over the future of German-backed austerity.
War Porn: Hollywood and War, From World War II to “American Sniper“
Like propaganda films and sexual pornography, Hollywood movies about America at war have changed remarkably little over the years.
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Conservatives’ “American Dream” and the Battle for Weed in Washington State
Conservatives live in a fantasy world, and nowhere is that more clear right now than in the state of Washington.
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Will the Millennium Development Goals Hit Their Targets?
In 2015, as the Millennium Development Goals come of age, the qualifier has dropped to simply ambitious.