Syria

While only 20% of the American people thought the US should take action in Syria when Obama spoke, that number was up from only 9% last week, indicating that …

William Rivers Pitt examines the doublespeak coming out of Washington on Syria.

Iraq and Libya have been taken out, and Iran has been heavily boycotted. Syria is now in the crosshairs. Why? Here is one overlooked scenario.

Dave Johnson takes a look at the latest excuses for why Congress remains in a hopeless deadlock.

“Time and again we have seen domestic agendas succumb to military adventures abroad — both because the military-industrial-congressional complex drains money that might otherwise be used for domestic goals,” …

Hope is a subversive, defiant practice that resists ideas that pose a threat to democracy.

US military action against Syria would be illegal, strategically counterproductive, destructive and deeply unpopular.

Caution about war against Syria is more than warranted by knowledge of the history of US interventions in other countries' domestic quarrels.

In today's On the News segment:President Obama announced that he will ask Congress for authorization for a military strike in Syria; Harvard scientists found that the constant strain of …

Grassroots pressure has forced President Obama to seek approval from Congress for an attack on Syria. But Obama is hell-bent on ordering a missile assault on that country, and …