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If you want to know the who, what, why of how things got so bad in Syria — and, in some ways, the rest of the Middle East — read this excerpt from Syria Burning by Charles Glass.
Published by OR Books, New York and London, 2015.
Boehner is back (maybe), the New Yorker profiles Bernie, and the law that made the Postal Service lose money, and more Picks.
VOLUNTEER! Call for Image Finders/Editors: Do you have experience with sourcing and editing photos? We need volunteers to help with this. Now Live on WhoWhatWhy United Fruit Company Building. Photo credit: Michael Bentley / Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Why Americans Should Closely Watch Unfolding Events in Guatemala, Part 2 By Edward Curtin This is the backstory to the recent arrest of […]
On behalf of CIA torture victims, the ACLU is suing the two psychologists who designed the US torture program and became millionaires in doing so.
Here’s a sampling of what we accomplished in 2015 —
with your help. It shows the power we all have, when we choose to exercise it. Exciting stuff!
Qaddafi’s Secret Warnings to Blair, ISIS’ Motives, How the Oregon Siege Would Be Covered Elsewhere
On January 17, 1961, outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower, a military man, warned us to beware of the masters of America’s industrial war machine and their growing hold over the country. On this anniversary of his famous speech, it is worth listening to his prophetic words, if only to consider why no one has taken heed of them.
How TMZ Resembles Hoover’s F.B.I, The Real Faces Behind the NYE Cologne Attacks, Are Guns Really on the Rise?, and More Picks
Dangerous trends in 129 transitioning and developing countries are strikingly similar to those in the US.
Denying parole to a 71-year-old with a record of good behavior not only defies logic but also current California policy. So why is Sirhan Sirhan kept in prison?
‘Blackwater’ Founder Under Investigation, Vietnam Seizes Chinese Vessel, UN Peacekeeping Troops Flunk Corruption Probe, and More Picks
It’s the fifth anniversary of the raid that purportedly removed Osama bin Laden from the face of the earth. But a close look suggests it’s more complicated.