Latest

Secret diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks show that the Obama administration increased the United States' military presence in Afghanistan despite warnings that the surge could make 2010 the …

“Slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it. Forthwith flashes of actual flame, a …

As many Americans embraced the illusion of “perfect security” – even at the cost of their freedoms – government agencies stepped in with ambitious “counterterrorism” programs that soon were …

While Washington pundits are talking up a new civility, many progressives are bracing for the old servility — a bipartisanship that is servile to a corporate elite that is …

DC Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage Appeal

Sometime this spring, Congress is going to have to raise the debt ceiling or the federal government will face default. Republicans are going to demand many, many pounds of …

The Republicans won control of the House and picked up seats in the Senate in the midterm election on nebulous promises to slash spending and reduce the size of …

Memories of the university as a citadel of democratic learning have been replaced by a university eager to define itself largely in economic terms.

The insiders in Washington really, really want to cut Social Security and they are prepared to say or do anything to do it. Among the latest lines is that …

Review: The Anti-American Manifesto (Seven Stories Press) by Ted Rall