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Karzai Says US in Peace Talks With Taliban
Kabul, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan launched a broadside against his coalition allies on Saturday, saying their motives were suspect, and repeated his assertion that the United …
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Administration Ends Health Care Waiver Program
Washington - The Obama administration is ending a controversial program that allowed employers to avoid a key requirement of the new federal health care law. Beginning in …
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“No One Can Do This Alone”: How an Immigrant Family Beat Deportation
Jeysson Minota, a permanent legal resident, faced deportation over a vandalism charge due to graffiti. After four years in and out of detention, he was able to beat the …
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Are Saudi Women Next?
A woman holds up a defaced portrait of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi during a protest in Tahrir Square in Cairo, on February 25, 2011. (Photo: Lynsey Addario / …
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Two Top Lawyers Lost to Obama in Libya War Policy Debate
President Barack Obama walking through the Cross Hall of the White House. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy / Flickr) Washington - President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers …
Greek Protesters Are Better Economists Than the European Authorities
Imagine that in the worst year of our recent recession, the United States government decided to reduce its federal budget deficit by more than $800 billion dollars – cutting …
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“Lockdown High”: The War on Drugs Goes to School
(Image: Verso Books) Chris Steffner strode to the front of the packed audience, shunning the podium to deliver her sermon Oprah-style with a wireless mic transmitting the …
As Richest Pay Lowest Taxes in a Generation, Bachmann Would End Income Tax for 23,000 Millionaires
As ThinkProgress Economy editor Pat Garofalo noted last week, GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minnesota) has assembled a tax plan that would involve a massive corporate tax cut …
US Neocons’ New Overtures to Terrorist Opposition Group in Iran, Part 1
Tehran, Iran. (Photo: [ john ])
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Germany Says Creditors Can Be Shielded in Greek Bailout
Germany backed away Friday from a confrontation with the European Central Bank over a new bailout package for Greece, agreeing under pressure from France not to force private investors …