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Bill Moyers Journal | Dr. Jane Goodall
Airtime: Friday, November 27, 2009, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings here).
Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater …
Women
New Delhi - Despite getting suitably politically empowered, women in India continue to lag behind on almost all crucial developmental parametres like education, health and economic participation.
Senate Gears Up for Epic Battle Over Health Care Bill
Now that the Senate voted in favor of beginning debate on a health care reform bill, despite an attempted Republican filibuster and attacks from moderate Democrats, the hard work …
President Obama and the Intelligence Community: An Interim Report Card
President Obama has had nearly a year to make necessary changes in the intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While he has been successful in addressing the …
Obama’s Fifth Category: The “Untriable“
In his talk at the National Archives in May, President Obama referred to five categories of prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay. First, there are those who have violated …
UK Hearing Reveals US Pondered Iraq Invasion in Early 2001
A hearing on the UK's involvement in the Iraq War, which began Tuesday in Britain, revealed that the US was discussing plans to invade Iraq two years before the …
McChrystal Testing the Limits
It is not too late for President Barack Obama to follow the example of Harry Truman, who fired Gen. Douglas McArthur in 1951 for insubordination. Then, as now, the …
United States Backs Illegal Elections in Honduras, Betraying Process to Restore Constitutional Order
After five months of political chaos in Honduras, repeated attempts to reach a negotiated agreement for restoration of constitutional order have failed due to the defiant recalcitrance of the …
E.J. Dionne Jr. | Obama’s Afghan Third Way
Washington - When there is no good solution to a problem, a president has three options. One is to avoid the problem. The second is to pick the least …