358 results found for "Syria"

The ISIS Truth We Hide From

By 02/26/2015

Is it possible that American foreign policy, rather than exporting democracy and building nations, has in fact been fomenting terrorism and destroying countries? Bob Hennelly examines the disturbing evidence.

A Trillion Ways to Build a New Military-Industrial Complex

By 10/11/2014

If you’d invested a trillion dollars in something, you’d definitely want a positive return. Yet the latest iteration of the military industrial complex, exemplified by the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, seems only to have produced more war, more terrorism, more surveillance and more presidential protection blunders. You can blame it on 9/11, but the blueprints were already there.

Russ Baker on Bush, No Love for Snowden & The Cost of War: June 17, 2015

By 06/17/2015

NOW LIVE ON WhoWhatWhy No Love For Snowden By Klaus Marre The chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs recently praised whistleblowers, though he has been an outspoken opponent of Edward Snowden. Why the double standard when it comes to Snowden? WhoWhatWhy Media Extras: Russ Baker’s Jeb Bush Analysis By Russ Baker […]

Editors’ Picks for Oct 30

By 10/30/2015

Syrians return home because exile so awful, EU Parliament clears path for Snowden asylum, FBI Director warns against criticizing police for brutality, and more Picks.

Temporary Protected Status and the Politics of Lowered Expectations

By 10/18/2018

The Trump administration’s decision to block extending the temporary immigration status of hundreds of thousands of people living in the US threatens to turn lives upside down. The final decision on whether the administration’s orders stand is currently being fought in the courts and Congress.

Mar 15

By 03/15/2016

North Carolina Near #1 in Disenfranchised Voters, High Cost of Syria, US Court Orders Over $10B from Iran for 9/11, and More Picks

Was Paris Attack Suspect Hiding in Plain Sight?

By 12/01/2015

For 6 days, Brussels was on a lockdown as police hunted a suspected accomplice (Salah Abdeslam) in the Paris attacks. The lockdown, which cost the Belgian city an estimated €51.7 million a day, failed to locate Abdeslam. Now, reports have emerged indicating that Abdeslam “might have been taking his ease in a public place in […]