Supporters of normalizing relations with Cuba have lost many battles in Washington, but this is a clear victory.
Obama Corrects a Historic Mistake on Cuba
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North America
How the TPP Sells Out America’s Women
The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership is bad news for workers and worse news for women.
Okinawa: The Small Island Trying to Block the U.S. Military’s “Pivot to Asia”
Last month, the citizens of Okinawa awarded a landslide victory to a governor who wants U.S. troops off the pristine island.
What the U.S. Should Learn from Russia’s Collapse
For U.S. communities dependent on the same industries that have brought Russia to its knees, the time to start planning an economic transition is now.
At the Lima Climate Talks, It Was Groundhog Day All Over Again
The latest climate talks were an exercise in futility and delay. But that doesn’t mean activists should give up.
The Games of Our Lives
Can video games crowdsource more democratic solutions to the world’s problems?
A Tale of Two Girls Victimized by the West: Malala and Nabeela
Malala Yousafzai has been used as a propaganda tool, while Nabeela Rahman lost her family to a drone strike.
Photos: The Indigenous Fight for Lands and Cultural Survival in Honduras
The Garifuna, an Afro-indigenous community in Honduras, are standing up to government repression, corporate land grabs, and narco violence.
Rationalizing the Nuclear Weapons Have and Have-Nots Regime
At one time non-nuclear weapons states were expected to accept nukes possessed by nuclear weapons states as a “temporary trust.”
Pity Poor Michael Hayden
Former CIA Director Michael Hayden acts as if he were the real victim of the CIA’s torture program.