.” Kerry seems to have a high opinion of the Department of Justice and the US courts when it comes to national security issues. I can’t imagine for the life of me why

Airbnb and Uber are facilitating rip-offs

So much is at stake: for whistleblowers, freedom of the press and the public’s right to know. For democracy

Why are we denying the existence of a pattern?

Outnumbered by the country’s rural voters, Thailand’s once vibrantly democratic urban middle class has embraced an elitist, antidemocratic agenda

Pope Francis’ visit to the Holy Land raises one overwhelming question: ‘what is the nature of religious power in our world of the 21st century?’ ‘can it have transformative effects’?

The Syriza candidate for mayor of Athens is not promising to govern on the people’s behalf, but together with a wide range of citizens’ social organisations

What passes for comment these days is often simply foul abuse

The civil war in Syria grinds on, and conditions for Syrian civilians—those inside its borders as well as the millions forced to flee to neighboring countries—continue to deteriorate

Hidden Imperial Continuities and Future Prospects

interview on the history and context of the speech King’s Riverside speech

Nigeria’s ‘rebased’ GDP now beats South Africa’s, but ‘MINT’ mishaps follow BRICS bamboozling, Next-11 nonsense, CIVETS scamming and the pathetic PIGS

What are the prospects for survival then? They are not bright

The last stage of fossil-fuel addiction and its hazardous impact on American foreign policy

For more than 50 years, Staughton Lynd has been a leading radical in the United States

Review of Brilliant Blunders: From Darwin to Einstein—Colossal Mistakes by Great Scientists That Changed Our Understanding of Life and the Universe by Mario Livio

Is the struggle for justice in Palestine nearing a crossroads?

A more convincing explanation for Merkel’s rather moderate tone is that six thousand German companies export $60 billion worth of goods to Russia in a year

Don’t run around acting as though the US is some sort of stalwart opponent of political repression and human rights violations when the exact opposite is so plainly true

Those who will pay will not be the bankers and multinational businessmen, but the Ukrainian people