Our future depends on you. Support The Real News

Carbon caps - who gets the cash? Pt2

James Boyce: Cap and rebate is a better way to control carbon emissions  February 9, 2010

Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns? Pt2

Junaid: Pashtuns didn't agree with their al Qaeda guests 9/11 attack, but US repeated Soviet mistake  February 9, 2010

Thriving black markets in Haiti aid

Al Jazeera: Aid agencies believe that 10 per cent of donations are being sold on the black markets  February 8, 2010

Carbon caps - who gets the cash?

James Boyce: Different models of carbon cap legislation serve different interests  February 8, 2010

The US Fiscal Deficit: Scare Stories vs. Reality

Robert Pollin: There are ways to cut the deficit without freezing social spending  February 6, 2010

Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.3

Jeff Cohen: The struggle within the Democratic Party, starting from the Viet Nam War  February 6, 2010

The US Fiscal Deficit: Scare Stories vs Reality 2

Pollin: It will take a powerful movement to push for better economic policy  February 6, 2010

Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.4

Cohen: Far right Republicans are dangerous, but also need to fight corporatists in Democratic Party  February 6, 2010

Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.4

Ronald Charles: Three critical things that must be done to solve the problems of Haiti's future  February 5, 2010

Haiti children 'taken from unaffected areas'

As the US missionaries in Haiti are charged with kidnapping, Channel 4 News reports  February 5, 2010

US court: Pak. woman guilty of attempted murder

A Pakistani female neuroscientist has been convicted of trying to kill US soldiers and FBI agents  February 5, 2010

Haitians will defend their sovereignty Pt.3

Ronald Charles: Private armies continue to defend the interest of Haitian elite  February 4, 2010

New mindset for US foreign policy? Pt.3

Scott: The military-industrial-counterterrorism complex is beyond Eisenhower's worst nightmare  February 4, 2010

Americans allege Pakistan torture

Al Jazeera: 5 American Muslims detained in Pakistan are now claiming they have been tortured by FBI.  February 3, 2010

Short: Goldsmith 'misled' cabinet over Iraq

Channel 4: Former international development sec. Short accuses Lord Goldsmith of misleading the Cabinet.  February 3, 2010

Progressives and the Democratic Party Pt.2

Cohen: Corporate plans took Democrats to the right and Republicans to the far right  February 3, 2010

New mindset for US foreign policy? Pt.2

Peter Dale Scott: If you unleash the dogs of war it's not easy to pull them back.  February 1, 2010

Haitians will defend their sovereignty

Ronald Charles: Providing aid like this is a way to humiliate us and many Haitians will not accept it  February 1, 2010

New mindset for US foreign policy?

Peter Dale Scott: The President does not choose the mindset, it chooses the people who become President 

"The Afghan Government is not worth fighting for"

The Doha Debates takes on the Afghan war  January 31, 2010

Inside Israeli land grabs

TRNN speaks to settlers, Palestinians, and experts to understand the process of land confiscation in OPT  January 28, 2010

Haitian survivors fight for food

Security situation deteriorates in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince as residents fight for food.  January 27, 2010

Obama takes on Wall Street? Pt.3

Paul Jay and Gerald Epstein discuss solutions to existing disconnect between capital and real economy.  January 27, 2010

Obama takes on Wall Street? Pt.3

Paul Jay and Gerald Epstein discuss solutions to existing disconnect between capital and real economy  January 27, 2010

Obama's human rights record Pt.2

Ratner: Obama declared end to torture and secret prisons, but rights in US still threatened  January 26, 2010

Britain's decision to go to war in Iraq illegal

Two most senior law officials state that Britain's decision to go to war in Iraq was illegal  January 26, 2010

Dubai is a bad idea - a debate

The Doha Debates takes on the current state and future of Dubai with an audience in Qatar  January 25, 2010

Telangana, India: Student suicide protest by fire

Student suicide reignites historic separatists movement Telangana, India  January 25, 2010

Obama takes on Wall Street? Pt.2

Epstein: Obama plan won't reduce size of institutions so if they fail, they don't threaten system  January 24, 2010

Nuclear power regaining favor

Industries want the government to co-sign for more than $40 billion in loans  January 24, 2010

Obama's human rights record Pt.1

One year later, Michael Ratner assesses President Obama's human rights record  January 22, 2010

Do the Taliban represent the Pashtuns?

Muhammad Junaid: Pashtun traditional code conflicts with Taliban law, but US attacks creating support  January 21, 2010

What happened in Mass.? Pt.1

D.Wysham and D.J. Weiss debate the reasons for the Republican victory in Massachusetts  January 21, 2010

Israel's assassination policy

TRNN interviews relatives of recently assassinated men in Nablus, Occupied Palestinian Territories  January 20, 2010

Singing in Camp Petionviille

Inside Disaster visits Red Cross camp  January 18, 2010

Haiti: bodies outside the Hospital General

InsideDisaster: Bodies began to pile up at Port au Prince's Hospital General after the morgue was filled  January 18, 2010

Haiti food aid: crackers with “bugs and worms”

Haiti reports from www.InsideDisaster.com  January 18, 2010

MLK: Why I Am Opposed to the War in Vietnam

Martin Luther King Jr gave this sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on April 30, 1967  January 18, 2010

Disputes emerge over Haiti aid control

Most Haitians here have seen little humanitairian aid so far. What they have seen is guns.  January 18, 2010

Zbigniew Brzezinski on Iran Pt3

Zbigniew Brzezinski: An Israeli attack on Iran would be a disaster  January 17, 2010

UN confronts 'worst ever disaster'

Survivors say help is not happening fast enough as dead bodies lie scattered on the capital's streets  January 17, 2010

Gaza freedom march looking ahead

Medea Benjamin: Cairo declaration will lead to more international actions in support of people of Gaza  January 17, 2010

The Afghan war and the 'Grand Chessboard' Pt2

Brzezinski: Six months before Soviet invasion, we financed the Mujahideen  January 15, 2010

Haiti earthquake: '100,000 may be dead'

Haiti's President warns the scale of suffering is "unimaginable"  January 14, 2010

The Afghan war and the 'Grand Chessboard' Pt.1

Zbigniew Brzezinski on Afghanistan and the American strategy for Eurasia and the world  January 13, 2010

Yemeni villagers blame sheikh for displacing them

Inside Yemen: Hundreds of Yemeni villagers say they have been evicted by a well connected local sheikh  January 12, 2010

Goldman's Cayman casino

Goldman used Cayman Islands for billions of complicated debt and gambling schemes  January 12, 2010

False values and structural blackmail Pt.3

James Crotty: People should demand legislation that breaks the power of major financial firms  January 12, 2010

Rio: Olympic City - Pt. 2

Rio de Janeiro between favelas and Olympic plans  January 11, 2010

Plunder, a Wall Street story

Danny Schechter: Financial meltdown is a crime story  January 11, 2010

Fault Lines - Rio: Olympic City - Pt. 1

Rio de Janeiro between favelas and Olympic plans  January 10, 2010

False values and structural blackmail

James Crotty: The creation of speculative bubbles creates false values which leads to huge bonuses  January 10, 2010

Corporate "personhood" and election financing

Will Supreme Court decide to allow more corporate money in elections?  January 9, 2010

Exec compensation: "Heads I win tails you lose"

James Crotty: Financial execs make large bonuses and don't care about risk; knew govt. would save them  January 8, 2010

Triumph of right-wing nationalism

Glen Ford: Rise of right nationalism in US and abroad is the danger, Obama admin part of it  January 8, 2010

Afghanistan and global dominance Pt2

Engdahl: New regional cooperation that challenges US dominance is good for the world  January 7, 2010

Al-Qaeda branch in 'Sahara Emirate'

An offshoot of al-Qaeda has emerged in the deserts of North Africa, claiming 'Sahara Emirate  January 7, 2010

Tax the speculators and create a public bank

Robert Pollin: Tax speculation, create a public bank and rating agency are necessary reforms  January 6, 2010

More solidarity marches with Gaza

Protests in Israel and Egypt mark the first anniversary since Israel's attack on Gaza last winter  January 6, 2010

The grim state of the states Pt. 3

Heintz: Higher wages a solution, but states not making unionization easier and cut public sector wages  January 5, 2010

Obama and great expectations

Glen Ford: Critical elements of black progressive leadership are distancing themselves from Pres. Obama  January 5, 2010

The grim state of the states Pt.2

James Heintz: Unemployment and low wages cutting state revenue from sales and income taxes  January 4, 2010

Afghanistan and global dominance Pt1

Engdahl: US-China strategy driving Afghan war, but no real long-range thinking in place  January 4, 2010

The grim state of the states Pt.1

James Heintz: 900,000 state workers across the US could lose jobs as state deficits explode  January 3, 2010

The crash can happen again Pt4

Robert Johnson: Nothing in current financial reform legislation will stop another crash  January 2, 2010

Iraq expresses dismay at US verdict

Baghdad denounces US judge's decision to dismiss murder charges against five Blackwater members  January 2, 2010

New stage of resistance and the Iranian elite Pt2

Hashemi: Some members of revolutionary guard support reform, but fierce repression likely to follow  January 1, 2010

Gaza Freedom March in Israel

International, Israeli, and Palestinian activists demonstrate around Gaza against Israeli imposed siege  January 1, 2010

New stage of resistance in Iran Pt1

Hashemi: Resistance spreads to other classes and cities; more severe repression in store  December 31, 2009

Obama had a choice Pt.3

Robert Johnson: Obama should have saved the functions of the banks not the bankers and the shareholders  December 31, 2009

Gaza Freedom March

Paul Jay talks to Sam Husseini in Cairo, Egypt  December 30, 2009

Wall St: More complicated, more profitable Pt.2

Robert Johnson: Does the White House govern wall street or the other way around?  December 30, 2009

Crony capitalism unchanged Pt1

Robert Johnson: Only public money pushed the economy back from the cliff; it can all happen again  December 29, 2009

Ahmadinejad: 'Iran is solid and united'

Ahmadinejad denies that troops intimidate opponents, defends nuclear policy  December 28, 2009

Nine Iranian protesters die in clashes

Nine opposition supporters have reportedly been killed during violent clashes with Iranian police  December 28, 2009

State of the Unions Pt.2

Should unions tell Dem. Party: "you're with us or with Chamber of Commerce"? Paul Jay with Philip Dine  December 28, 2009

Gaza aid held up in Jordan

Convoy of 250 trucks and 500 people attempting to reach the Strip to deliver much needed supplies  December 27, 2009

State of the Unions Pt1

Philip Dine: Unions extremely disappointed with Obama but where is their independence?  December 27, 2009

The Deficit Commission

Hickey: The Republican proposed deficit committee would be used to force through cuts in social programs  December 26, 2009

Israeli policy leaves family stranded

Israel refuses to renew permit for Palestinian man to return to his home  December 25, 2009

Is war necessary for progress? Pt2

Robert Pollin: It's not war that creates technological development, it's the state investment  December 25, 2009

Is war the answer to a depression? Pt1

Robert Pollin: It wasn't war that ended the 1930s Depression, it was massive government spending  December 24, 2009

The Doha Debates - Iran's nuclear program

The Doha Debates hosted by Tim Sebastian takes on Iran's nuclear program and asks if it is peaceful  December 24, 2009

What's behind Iran's nuclear strategy?

Babak Yektafar: Iran saw that the US didn't invade Iraq until they were sure they didn't have WMD  December 23, 2009

Montazeri's death and Iranian democracy

Hashemi: Montazeri was a driving force for democratizing the Iranian Islamic Revolution  December 23, 2009

Sex slaves victimized twice in US trafficking war

The Kansas City spent months investigating human trafficking and the U.S.'s inability to stop it.  December 22, 2009

Israeli repression wave targets activists

Israel's recent wave of repression led to arrest of Jamal Juma', coordinator of Stop the Wall Campaign.  December 22, 2009

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard

Babak Yektafar Pt2: IRGC defended Iran against Saddam's attacks but has turned into a repressive force  December 21, 2009

No public option, no bill?

David Swanson: Will progressives shoot down a health-care bill that lacks a public option  December 21, 2009

Iran mourns Montazeri's death

Montazeri, an architect of Iran's revolution, became one of the government's fiercest critics  December 21, 2009

The US-Colombian military agreement

Sold as US support for the war on drugs, why has the defense cooperation agreement caused outrage?  December 20, 2009

Without US commitment Copenhagen breaks down Pt.2

The global south will pay the price of inaction  December 20, 2009

The politics of what is possible

The Cap-and-Trade Debate Pt.3  December 20, 2009

Coal at the heart of Obama's climate battle

Burning coal is the cheapest way the United States can make electricity  December 19, 2009

Preview: Climate Action Network press conference

The Climate Action Network's press conference on the last day of Copenhagen  December 19, 2009

Hopes dashed at Copenhagen summit

Copenhagen: Failure and betrayal or "unprecedented breakthrough"?  December 19, 2009

Without US commitment Copenhagen breaks down

The debate over the aftermath of Copenhagen  December 19, 2009

Voices of developing world urge action

CCTV: Many African leaders stressing that the voice the of the majority needs to be heard.  December 18, 2009

The Cap and Trade Debate

Is 'cap and trade' a beginning or no solution at all?  December 18, 2009

Bolivia, Venezuela call for more aid

Both are urging industrialized nations to help developing countries fight climate change.  December 17, 2009