The natural reaction to Russian president Vladimir Putin writing an op-ed piece in the New York Times, in which he critiqued American foreign policy,
Tag: Barack Obama
Independent journalists question U.S. motives in Syria
I am offering this collection of alternative reporting and opinion on the conflict in Syria because U.S. mainstream media tends to rely exclusively on
Obama loves fracking
A friend of mine recently hosted a home screening of the documentary Gasland 2 by Josh Fox. The film exposes the environmental and health dangers of
Rush Holt, New Jersey progressive running for Senate, backs single payer
Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ), considered by many to be one of the smartest members of Congress, is running for New Jersey’s open senate seat
Jimmy Carter: “America no longer has a functioning democracy”
On Tuesday, July 16, at an event in Atlanta, ex-president Jimmy Carter made his blockbuster statement referring to, among other issues, the mass surveillance
Daniel Ellsberg: Edward Snowden was right to leave the U.S.
Snowden did what he did because he recognised the NSA’s surveillance programs for what they are: dangerous, unconstitutional activity. This wholesale invasion of Americans’
Van Jones: “If Obama believes Keystone is a good thing, he should call it the Obama Tar Sands Pipeline.”
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the
Obama to pick Bush Deputy Attorney General James Comey to head FBI
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) felt compelled to comment on Obama’s May 30 announcement of his choice of James Comey to head the
Obama rewards billionaire Penny Pritzker for making him president
You may still have romantic vision of a progressive Barack Obama. You know, he’s a Chicago community organizer who ran for president because he
Jeffrey Sachs: “We have a corrupt politics to the core”
In a recent talk at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve at a conference titled “Fixing the Banking system for Good,” Jeffrey Sachs, economist, Columbia University