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US yet to sign UN child rights treaty

Now 20 years since the United Nations adopted a treaty aimed at protecting the rights of children  November 20, 2009

D'Escoto on the US in the age of Obama

d'Escoto: From Iraq war to imprisoned Cuban 5, Americans need the courage to form a "new mindset"  October 15, 2009

The immigration debate

Noorani: A loud minority wants a two-tier wage system; what's needed is legalization and citizenship  October 14, 2009

61 arrested in protest at White House

An estimated 500 people gathered to protest as the Afghanistan war nears the start of its ninth year  October 6, 2009

Racism, Obama and health care Pt.2

Ford: The black left has been comatose since Obama became president but "Black is Back"  October 1, 2009

The importance of being centrist?

Jealous: In order to win the fight the movement has to reach the silent majority  September 29, 2009

Race, class and opportunity Pt.4

Powell: Van Jones resignation a disappointment, we have conceded the discourse on race to the right  September 29, 2009

Race, class and opportunity Pt.2

john a. powell: Why bail out Wall St. but punish Detroit? New administration's policies - old pattern.  September 27, 2009

Obama at the UN Pt.2

Engdahl: G20 not solving profound structural causes of the crisis  September 25, 2009

Obama at the UN

Engdahl: Obama's speech to the UN left out his reversal of Bush missile policy in Poland and Czech Rep.  September 24, 2009

Race, class and opportunity

john a. powell: Deliberate policies created white suburbs and inner city black poverty  September 21, 2009

Progressives must stand on principle

Pike: Progressives should oppose administration's legislation if it doesn't include key principles  September 16, 2009

Obama's inclusiveness mission

Robinson Pt1: When the "other side isn't willing to play, you have to get it done on your own  September 9, 2009

The beer summit and race in America Pt.2

Glen Ford: Not making Pres. Obama pay a price for sidelining progressive agenda is political suicide  August 3, 2009

Scores held in US corruption probe

Dozens of prominent politicians, rabbis and officials have been arrested in the US state of New Jersey  July 25, 2009

Campaign to stop IMF and war funding

Bill for supplemental war and IMF funding could be defeated  June 15, 2009

Thom Hartmann on Obama Pt3

Radio show host Thom Hartmann on the critique of Obama  June 10, 2009

Thoroughly modern Marx Pt. 3

Leo Panitch on Marx, socialism and individual rights  June 9, 2009

Nuclear threats and double standards Pt.2

Gustavo Zlauvinen of the IAEA on Iran, Israel and nuclear weapons  June 8, 2009

Thoroughly modern Marx Pt. 2

Leo Panitch on Marx and the climate change debate  June 7, 2009

Nuclear threats and double standards Pt.1

Gustavo Zlauvinen, the IAEA Representative to United Nations, on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty  June 7, 2009

Thom Hartmann on Obama Pt.2

Radio show host Thom Hartmann on progressives and the Democratic Party  June 7, 2009

Progressives and Obama Pt.4

Borosage: We have to fight the battle of ideas with the right  June 6, 2009

Thom Hartmann on Obama

Hartmann: Will Obama behave like Roosevelt or will he create a moment of opportunity for the right?  June 6, 2009

Ed Schultz on Obama

Schultz: If the president waivers on public health care and jobs, he could be a 'one term wonder'  June 2, 2009

Progressives and Obama Pt.2

Robert Borosage: From banking to Detroit, too timid and too cautious might lead to failure  June 2, 2009

Bush's torture legacy Pt.1

Fault Lines: Panel of experts in front of a live studio audience for a town hall debate on torture  June 1, 2009

Bush's torture legacy Pt.2

Fault Lines: Panel of experts in front of a live studio audience for a town hall debate on torture  June 1, 2009

The no-clash for cash

Former Presidents Bush and Clinton perform a love fest in Toronto as protestors say they are not welcome  May 30, 2009

"Absolutist" to defend the law?

Michael Ratner: It's outrageous to equate people who demand the rule of law with those who break it  May 23, 2009

Republicans' "Socialist" Resolution

The Republican National Committee to re-brand the Democratic Party as the "Dem Socialist Party"  May 21, 2009

Who's afraid of the CIA?

McGovern: Liz Cheney's accusation of Wilkerson's "fantasy stories" would be wonderful if it were true  May 19, 2009

Howard Zinn's "Three Holy Wars"

Howard Zinn speaks at The Progressive Magazine's 100th anniversary  May 17, 2009

Hannity on future of Republican Party

Fox News "Hannity's America" discusses the future of the Republican Party  May 6, 2009

Stewart on future of Republican Party

Jon Stewart of TheDailyShow takes on the future of the Republican Party  May 6, 2009

Sex offenders still living under Tuttle Bridge

Convicted sex offenders are still living under the Julia Tuttle Bridge in Miami  May 3, 2009

If Obama won't prosecute, Spain will

Michael Ratner: Obama has a duty to prosecute while a Spanish judge moves ahead on his own  April 30, 2009

Pardon or prosecute

Bruce Fein: The President has a duty to pardon or charge Bush/Cheney and others who broke the law  April 26, 2009

No proof torture stopped terror attacks

CIA Inspector General documents say no evidence "enhanced interrogation" stopped an attack  April 26, 2009

The Jay Bybee Problem

ANP: How did Jay Bybee breeze through confirmation for his appointment to the Federal Appeals Court?  April 25, 2009

A brief history of torture

Skewer: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on White House tortured logic  April 24, 2009

American torture

There can be no "exceptionalism" when the rule of law is broken  April 22, 2009

Fox News bias for the rich?

Fox News showed a factually false Republican talking point about the so-called "death tax"  April 21, 2009

Unions and the movement

Howard Zinn on class in America Pt4: A reinvigorated labor movement needed for a great social upheaval  April 11, 2009

Credit card industry loses one

Credit card lobbyists glum as Senate passes 2 separate bills to protect consumers  April 10, 2009

Send a message to Obama

Howard Zinn: Social turmoil is not bad if it leads to something good Pt.3  April 10, 2009

Zinn on class in America

Howard Zinn Pt1: In the United States we are brought up to think there's only one class  April 7, 2009

Zinn on class in America

Howard Zinn Pt2: In the United States we are brought up to think there's only one class  April 7, 2009

Zinn on the movement and new parties

Howard Zinn Pt.5 : In the next ten years conditions for new parties may develop  April 7, 2009

The American Way of War Pt.2

E. Jarecki: Make arms-manufacturers' political engineering and currying favor with Congress - illegal  March 24, 2009

Insurance lobby reform met with protest Pt.2

America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) organized the 2009 Policy Forum while groups protested outside  March 24, 2009

The American Way of War

E. Jarecki of 'Why We Fight': Obama is moving towards traditional Washington view of defense  March 22, 2009

March on the Pentagon's industrial complex

Protest demands that US ends military occupations and universities divest in Lockheed Martin  March 22, 2009

Why are US bases in Korea?

The cost of empire Pt.2  March 11, 2009

The cost of empire

Miriam Pemberton: US government spending $100B annually to maintain 1000 foreign military bases  March 7, 2009

Navasky on Obama Pt.5

The progressive movement must push for the "leftmost side of the possible"  February 17, 2009

Navasky on Obama Pt..2

Is Obama redefining the center?  February 16, 2009

Navasky on Obama Pt.3

Does Obama present a new approach towards the Middle East?  February 16, 2009

Navasky on Obama Pt.4

Is Obama pursuing a necessary strategy for change or making unnecessary compromises?  February 16, 2009

Barack and the progressives Pt.3

Katrina vanden Heuvel on Obama and change for whom?  February 13, 2009

Campaign Financing: New Twist On Old Problem

ANP: Republican Senator George Voinovich has had enough  February 9, 2009

Barack and the progressives

Katrina vanden Heuvel: US progressive movement is no longer strictly oppositional  February 9, 2009

Navasky on Obama

Navasky: Obama is a "liberal wolf in centrist clothing"  February 9, 2009

Taking on the military-industrial complex Pt.4

Korb: Reducing military spending can reform the US approach to national security and military hegemony  February 3, 2009

Obama and global power Pt.2

Has US foreign policy caught up with a new global reality?  January 28, 2009

Should Obama prosecute Bush and Cheney? Pt.2

Williams: It's not a priority if it comes at the expense of getting other things accomplished  January 28, 2009

Should Obama prosecute Bush and Cheney Pt.1

Swanson: Reversing the policies does not provide a deterrent  January 27, 2009

The cult of the presidency Pt.2/2

Matt Welch: The US treats its presidents like kings  January 26, 2009

What is the Obama promise? Pt. 2/2

TRNN panel on what Obama has to do to live up to his promises  January 26, 2009

The cult of the presidency Pt.1/2

Matt Welch: How will George W. Bush’s concept of the "unitary executive" play out under Barack Obama?  January 26, 2009

Obama, hope and expectations Pt.3

Fletcher: There is a level of euphoria that is almost dangerous  January 25, 2009

Obama's orders on Guantanamo and torture

Michael Ratner comments on Obama's executive orders, loopholes, and the prosecution of Bush/Cheney  January 24, 2009

Young people say they can

Students attending the University Presidential Inauguration Conference respond to Obama's address  January 23, 2009

A new sheriff in town?

President Obama announces plans for Guantánamo, Afghanistan and the Middle East  January 23, 2009

Deciphering Obama's message to the Middle East

From Baghdad, Leila Fadel joins Gareth Porter to discuss Obama's inaugural message for Middle East ears  January 22, 2009

One nation under a groove

Pepe Escobar: What was Obama exactly saying in his acceptance speech?  January 21, 2009

Where to begin?

The Real News asks, what does Obama have to do to fulfill his promises?  January 21, 2009

What is the Obama promise? Pt. 1/2

People at the inauguration say what Obama has to do to live up to his promises  January 21, 2009

Commentary: Lincoln and race

ANP: Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald discusses misconceptions about Lincoln's views on race  January 20, 2009

The world according to Obama Pt. 2/2

Real News foreign policy panel discusses Obama's relationship to the military-industrial complex  January 20, 2009

The world according to Obama Pt. 1/2

Real News panel responds to Obama's speech and its significance to those outside the US  January 20, 2009

Dr. MLK Jr: Struggling not to lose him

SleptOn.com: Remembering King's overlooked critique of exploitation and militarism  January 19, 2009

Bringing Bush and Cheney to justice

Pepe Escobar: Where is the special prosecutor?  January 16, 2009

Bush melancholy in final press conference

Guardian: DC bureau chief, Ewen MacAskill analyzes the president's final White House press conference  January 14, 2009

Prop 8 - Did Mormons go too far?

ANP: Mormon church provided money to lobby against Proposition 8  January 14, 2009

Will a king prosecute a king?

Michael Ratner: Demanding the prosecution of Bush/Cheney is about the future Pt2/2  December 23, 2008

It's time to ban TV ads in elections

Mark Karlin: The pressure to buy expensive TV election ad campaigns is an invitation to corruption  December 23, 2008

Why did Cheney confess on national television?

Michael Ratner: Cheney's admission of guilt is a plea for a presidential pardon  December 22, 2008

The media, Blagojevich and systemic corruption

Mark Karlin: Dependence on political ad revenue, the media and reporting on corruption Pt1/2  December 21, 2008

From Nixon to 9/11

What does Nixon's willingness to sabotage the Vietnam peace talks tell us about today's world?  December 21, 2008

LBJ accused Nixon of treason

Robert Parry discusses the evidence of Nixon's treasonous legacy and the media's choice to ignore it  December 20, 2008

Behind the byline: James Risen

ANP: Journalist James Risen speaks about the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure  December 18, 2008

Blagojevich scandal emblematic of systemic problem

Josh Israel: System needs tougher ethics laws and open disclosure  December 14, 2008

Obama and Gates

Ray McGovern: Gates is ambitious and tells his superiors what they want to hear  December 6, 2008

Obama and the white supremacist threat

ANP investigates the legitimacy of threats by white supremacists to the next US presidency  December 3, 2008

Empire classic or empire lite?

Obama foreign policy does not question basic assumptions of the past  December 3, 2008

Obama picks Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State

Guardian: President-elect, Barack Obama, announces his national security team  December 2, 2008

Pragmatism trumps change

Lawrence Korb and Phyllis Bennis discuss the significance of Obama's foreign policy appointments  December 2, 2008

US prepares for "continuity of government"

Bruce Fein: Army to deal with potential domestic "civil unrest and crowd control"  December 1, 2008

What's an attorney general to do?

Bruce Fein: The office of the attorney general is no place for politics and obedience Pt2/2  November 25, 2008

 

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