by Hiba Ali | Jun 30, 2014 | Human Rights, Redev
On August 13, 2011 , a scorching summer’s day in Tunis, mobs of the disheartened, infuriated, and passionate flooded the streets. Over a thousand women marched to convey a simple message: the time for equality had come. The rally set into stark relief that for...
by Tom Engelhardt | Jun 19, 2014 | Redev, War & Peace
As Iraq was unraveling last week and the possible outlines of the first jihadist state in modern history were coming into view, I remembered this nugget from the summer of 2002. At the time, journalist Ron Suskind had a meeting with “a senior advisor” to President...
by Medea Benjamin, Alli McCracken | Jun 6, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
The government of Qatar recently brokered a dramatic deal between the United States and the Taliban to swap five Guantánamo prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier held as a prisoner of war for almost five years. Flexing his political clout, President Obama...
by John Feffer | Jun 4, 2014 | Democracy & Governance, Redev
According to the Chinese zodiac, the heavens circle around every 12 years. The Year of the Snake, the creature that sheds its skin to emerge anew, marks a time of great transformation. Indeed, for the last quarter century, the world has experienced three profound...
by Joeva Rock | May 14, 2014 | Energy, Health, Redev, War & Peace
As the world remains transfixed by the kidnapping of almost 300 Nigerian girls, there have been increasing calls for international intervention in the effort to rescue them. But what many Americans don’t know is that the U.S. military has been active in the...
