Spying vs. Spying
The United States and China should be putting their surveillance capabilities to better use.
Further Comment: It’s Time for Diplomacy
The United States doesn’t have much to say about Ukraine, because it claims Russia is unwilling to talk. It’s up to our movements to demand more.
Drifting Away from Peace
According to a new study, peaceful countries are getting more peaceful while the violent are getting more violent.
When States Dream, Is Syria Their Nightmare?
Syria is emerging as a metaphor for the fragmentation and chaos that the modern world barely contains.
Big Pharma Needs a Cure for its Tax Allergy
Pharmaceutical execs are getting incredibly rich making life-saving medications incredibly expensive.
The $1.7 Trillion Status Expenditure
The logic of military spending leads countries to effectively destroy their own property and burn down their own villages.
Is It Time for the US to Pull Out of Iraq and Syria?
Five years after the Arab Spring began, four experts debate a pressing question that remains unsettled on the left.
Is The U.S. Fighting for Regime Change in Syria?
Syrians are paying the price for the regional and global proxy fights taking place alongside the civil war there.
Will the U.S. Appease Netanyahu and Increase Military Aid to Israel?
Netanyahu requests a $2 billion increase in military aid on top of the more than $3 billion worth of weaponry that U.S. taxpayers provide to Israel each year.
Seventy National Organizations Implore Congress to Support Iran Agreement
Open Letter Urges Congress to Take Path of Diplomacy, Not War
Is President Obama Using Faulty Logic to Justify ISIS Airstrikes?
On what legal grounds can the White House justify airstrikes against ISIS?
Understanding ISIS and U.S. Foreign Policy Since 9/11
Phyllis Bennis discusses the rise of ISIS and U.S. foreign policy since the September 11, 2001 attacks
A Victory for Diplomacy Over War
Phyllis Bennis discusses the Iranian nuclear agreement as a beginning, not an end, for relations between the U.S. and Iran
Infographic: Lessons from NAFTA for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Two decades of high costs for Mexico’s agriculture, economy, families, and environment