Truthout
Barack Obama
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Stand With Kerry Against Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu rejected John Kerry's Gaza ceasefire proposal. If enough Americans urged Kerry to “stand tall,” he would.
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Open Letter to President Obama
My name is Jose Angel N., and I am an undocumented immigrant from Mexico.
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Not Much Better Than Bush
Obama's Iraq track record doesn't mark much of an improvement over the mess his predecessor made.
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Shark Attack!
Under the right-wing war mongering Bush gang we saw 50 percent of our federal taxes go for military spending. Under Mr. Hope & Change Obama that percentage is now …
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To Avoid Unleashing Gaza-Like Airstrikes on Iraq, Congress Must Vote
There is still time to stop President Obama from unleashing on children and women in Iraq what Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has unleashed on children and women in Gaza.
A New Generation of Nuclear Subs
Despite President Obamas words about eliminating nuclear weapons, the US government continues to modernize its nuclear arsenal, including major new investments in a dozen state-of-the-art nuclear-armed submarines,
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Netanyahu’s War: What Is It Good For?
The administration knows full well that it has various levers to pull to respond to the Gaza crisis, manufactured by Benjamin Netanyahu for political ends, but it lacks sufficient …
The US Re-Militarization of Central America and Mexico
In a letter sent to Obama and the region's other presidents last year, over 145 civil society organizations called out US policies that “promote militarization to address organized crime.”
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The Emperor of Ice Cream
The neoliberal remedy: Ice cream sandwiches and circuses on steroids, located, as ever, in a billion-dollar stadium smack in the middle of a teeming slum.
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Deep Divisions Cloud Obama’s Legacy
If the point of being president is to do things with lasting effect, Mr. Obama has delivered. So why the bashing?