Can’t Anybody Here Play This Game?
With the economy foundering like a man overboard in heavy seas, we’ve attempted to rescue it by throwing it an anchor.
Playing Chicken in the Capitol
In Washington, adults are playing games that even slow-witted teenagers don’t play anymore.
Increasing taxes on America’s rich and corporations would end our debt and deficit problems, says IPS analyst
Expert available: Sam Pizzigati, an authority on efforts to levy significant taxes on America’s most wealthy and powerful.
PRESS STATEMENT: IPS Fellow Karen Dolan on “Uncompromising” Republicans in Congress
“Why do these uncompromising Republicans want to impose life-threatening austerity on 98% of us?” asks Dolan
Obama’s Expanded Militarism
The new face of state violence is the drone moving silently through the slum.
President Concession
Every time Obama tries to make nice with the Republicans he gets hit in the face with a cream pie.
Afghanistan: Going through Withdrawal
As the president clarifies his plan for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the most important thing is not the what or the when but the how.
A New Perimeter to Expand NAFTA?
Under the radar, North American integrationists are once again pursuing harmonization of security and economic interests between Canada and the United States — to the detriment of both countries’ citizens.
The Day Obama Decided
Margit Berman’s poem about the day the president decided to end the wars.
Webb’s Parting Shots
While Robert Gates is spreading his soothing fictions about the U.S. military, Jim Webb is raising some uncomfortable facts.
Obama’s Mideast Speech: Two Steps Back, One Step Forward
Barack Obama’s Mideast speech shows that the United States has not yet adapted to the regional realities brought about by the Arab Spring.
Obama Falls Flat in El Paso
Under Obama’s new plan, immigrants will have to wait longer, pay more, and enjoy fewer rights.
Red, White, and Blue Frenzy
Despite the passion of the White House throngs, Osama bin Laden’s death is no “mission accomplished.”
Libya and the Law of Unintended Consequences
Coming to terms with NATO’s intervention in the Libyan civil war is a little like wresting a grizzly bear: big, hairy, and likely to make one pretty uncomfortable no matter where you grab a hold of it.
Regime Change in Libya Could Undermine U.S. Diplomatic Leverage
If giving up nuclear weapons doesn’t immunize a leader from regime change, what does?