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Why and How to End the War on Drugs
With so many problems in the world today u2013 global economic crisis, climate change, a corrupt political system, growing inequality and entrenched injustice u2013 why make ending the War …

Israeli Journalist Gideon Levy on the Escalating Talk of a Military Attack on Iran
On Friday, Israelu2019s largest-selling daily newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, published an article suggesting an Israeli attack on Iran could be imminent

Egypt’s Morsi Ousts Top Generals, but Key Military Insiders Tapped to Fill the Gaps
In a major shakeup, Egyptu2019s new president, Mohamed Morsi, dismissed the countryu2019s two top generals over the weekend, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi and military Chief of Staff Sami Enan.

Bombings in Afghanistan Kill Dozens of People
At least three suicide bombers on Tuesday struck a crowded bazaar in southwestern Afghanistan and then at the gates of the hospital where victims were rushed for treatment, killing …

Drone on the Range
The pilotless, remote-controlled planes that the CIA uses to spy on and bomb people in Pakistan and elsewhere are headed to our local police departments.

Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs?
If the caravanu2019s call to end the violence diminishes public support for the militarized approach, it could force an open dialogue about alternatives like drug legalization

The Arab Uprisings in Context: An Interview With Middle East Expert Rami G. Khouri
Rami G. Khouri: I think one critical issue that has to be dealt with all across the region is really the issue of the role of the military.

America’s Syrian Jihad: An Old War in New Clothes
What began on 15, March 2011, with public demonstrations which rapidly accelerated into a national uprising, has now become an armed insurgency complete with suicide bombings - provoked by …

Syria’s “Liberated” Future: Ethnic-Religious Cleansing and Genocide
A fascinating shift has happened in the U.S. mainstream media: After a year of anti-Syria war propaganda and lies, glimmers of truth are making their way into the public's …

Tuesday, August 1945
A poem remembering Hiroshima.