After December’s elections, Haiti could have yet another U.S.-backed president with a weak democratic mandate.
Will Washington Greenlight Another Coup in Haiti?
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Marco Rubio Is Winning the Neocon Primary
While bombastic GOP front runners steal the headlines, the Florida senator is quietly racking up the support of right-wing mega-donors and Bush-era neocons.
The Philippine People Are Under Attack from Washington — and Their Own Government
A tribunal this year uncovered grave violations against the human, economic, and cultural rights of Filipinos by Washington and their own leaders.
How Sky-High CEO Pay Pollutes Our Planet — and Our Politics
The leaders of fossil fuel companies are personally incentivized to keep their firms on a path of climate destruction.
No Climate Deal Is Better Than a Bad One
Without concrete, enforceable emissions targets and transition financing, the Paris climate talks will only deepen our climate crisis.
Top U.S. Officials Caved on Hiroshima as Well as H-bomb
Only token resistance was offered by top U.S. officials to dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima as well as to developing the hydrogen bomb.
America’s Empire of African Bases Spreads
The U.S. military has built an extensive archipelago of African outposts, transforming the continent into a laboratory for a new kind of war.
ISIS and Washington’s War Mongers Need Each Other
A post-Paris “Clash of Civilizations”? It’s the Islamic State’s Dream, and Marco Rubio agrees.
Five Signs the Drone War Is Undermining the ‘War on Terror’
As leaked documents obtained by the Intercept reveal, the drone war is likely creating more terrorists than it’s killing.
Je Suis Charlie (Manson)
What the psychology of mass murderers — from Charles Manson on up to Bashar al-Assad and ISIS — can teach us about the method behind their madness.