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Report: Hasan Snapped Under Weight of Bullying, Anxiety Over Deployment

Joshua Holland — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:36:01 PST

That's not stopping the usual suspects from crying "jihad."

Joshua Holland — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:01 PST

Certainly not those who ran our shadowy network of secret prisons, nor their superiors who created it.

Steve M. — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:42:01 PST

Oh, Joe ...

Lindsay Beyerstein — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:53:01 PST

An adviser to "interim president" Roberto Micheletti says just agreeing was enough to gain international recognition of the upcoming elections.

Leslie Savan — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:15:01 PDT

Obama is better at just about every act of presidenting than Bush was, more graceful, more self-aware. But that's not the point.

Liliana Segura — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:16:01 PDT

"I can go fight in another country to uphold peace and liberty ... but I can't uphold peace, liberty, and equality for my own brother."

Avi Lewis — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:43:01 PDT

The coup regime in Honduras is winning. Without action from Washington, the the backers of the coup will go unpunished.

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:30:01 PDT

The ruling follows the sentencing of a man to jail and 1,000 lashes after he appeared on a show and talked about his sexual exploits.

Katrina Vanden Heuvel — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:40:01 PDT

NoEscalation.org tracks who has taken a stand, listing phone numbers so you can call and ask legislators to do the right thing.

Joshua Holland — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:48:01 PDT

The logic of billionaire T-Boone Pickens.

Steve Benen — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:46:01 PDT

Frank Gaffney missed the sanity train long ago.

John Nichols — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:30:01 PDT

Unfortunately for the president (and despite his words of praise), there's little evidence to suggest Hamid Karzai will stand up for democracy.

Joshua Holland — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:15:01 PDT

More Neocons Gone Wild!

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:45:01 PDT

Nevertheless, the path to resolving the political crisis remains uncertain.

Zaid Jilani — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:30:01 PDT

Bill Caudle was laid off from his job in March 2009, which resulted in his family losing their health care coverage.