Some of our special stories in October focused on the problematic U.S. presidential campaign, revelations about U.S. alliances in the Middle East and the escalation of the New Cold War with Russia.
“How Arms Sales Distort US Foreign Policy” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 1, 2016
“Clinton Shows a Dovish Side on Nukes” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 2, 2016
“Trump’s Blindness Toward Slavery, Jim Crow” by Marjorie Cohn, Oct. 2, 2016
“Obama Warned to Defuse Tensions with Russia” by Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, Oct. 2, 2016
“Do We Really Want Nuclear War with Russia?” by Robert Parry, Oct. 3, 2016
“Double Standards for Israel and Syria” by Rick Sterling, Oct. 4, 2016
“The NYT’s Neocon ‘Downward Spiral’” by Robert Parry, Oct. 4, 2016
“The Unmourned Plutonium Disposal Deal” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 5, 2016
“New ‘Group Think’ for War with Syria/Russia” by Robert Parry, Oct. 5, 2016
“The Joint US-Saudi Guilt for 9/11” by Daniel Lazare, Oct. 6, 2016
“To Fight Global Warming, Canada Ponders a Carbon Tax” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 6, 2016
“The Forgotten Libyan Lessons and the Syrian War” by Robert Parry, Oct. 6, 2016
“Key Neocon Calls on US to Oust Putin” by Robert Parry, Oct. 7, 2016
“Extracting Lessons from Police Shootings” by William John Cox, Oct. 9, 2016
“Low-Brow Debate Skirts Meaningful Issues” by Joe Lauria, Oct. 10, 2016
“Are Humans Natural-Born Killers?” by Lawrence Davidson, Oct. 10, 2016
“Hillary Clinton: Candidate of War” by Daniel Lazare, Oct. 10, 2016
“A First-Hand Account of Women’s Boat to Gaza” by Ann Wright, Oct. 10, 2016
“Trump’s Lies About a Nuke ‘Gap’” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 11, 2016
“Russia Reads US Bluster as Sign of War” by Ray McGovern, Oct. 11, 2016
“Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality” by Robert Parry, Oct. 11, 2016
“The Life and Death of Hanoi Hannah” by Don North, Oct. 12, 2016
“How America Expunges Bad Memories” by Michael Brenner, Oct. 13, 2016
“Obama Re-imposes Neoliberalism in Latin America” by Ted Snider, Oct. 13, 2016
“‘End of Growth’ Sparks Wide Discontent” by Alastair Crooke, Oct. 14, 2016
“Donald Trump’s False Martyrdom” by Robert Parry, Oct. 14, 2016
“NYT’s Absurd New Anti-Russian Propaganda” by Robert Parry, Oct. 16, 2016
“Why Colombia’s Peace Deal Failed” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 17, 2016
“Good Deaths in Mosul, Bad Deaths in Aleppo” by Robert Parry, Oct. 17, 2016
“Congress Sinks to New Depths” by Mike Lofgren, Oct. 18, 2016
“The Democrats’ Joe McCarthy Moment” by Robert Parry, Oct. 19, 2016
“Raising More Questions Than Answers” by Joe Lauria, Oct. 20, 2016
“Clinton Repackages Her Syrian ‘No-Fly’ Plan” by Robert Parry, Oct. 20, 2016
“The Unique Human Capacity for War” by Michael Brenner, Oct. 21, 2016
“Finally, Letting the Philippines Go” by Jonathan Marshall, Oct. 21, 2016
“Washington’s New Lock-Step March of Folly” by Robert Parry, Oct. 22, 2016
“The ‘White Helmets’ Controversy” by Rick Sterling, Oct. 23, 2016
“One Iraqi Family’s Struggle Amid Chaos” by Cathy Breen, Oct. 24, 2016
“Russia’s Very Different Reality” by Natylie Baldwin, Oct. 24, 2016
“Clinton’s Slog Deeper into the Big Muddy” by Robert Parry, Oct. 24, 2016
“Women Call for Israel-Palestine Peace” by Ann Wright, Oct. 25, 2016
“US Impunity Erodes World Justice” by Nicolas J.S. Davies, Oct. 25, 2016
“Tom Hayden, Courageous Warrior for Peace” by Marjorie Cohn, Oct. 26, 2016
“The Modern History of ‘Rigged’ US Elections” by Robert Parry, Oct. 27, 2016
“Only Making Matters Worse in Syria” by Daniel Lazare, Oct. 28, 2016
“Selling ‘Regime Change’ Wars to the Masses” by John Pilger, Oct. 28, 2016
“The Abnormal Normal of Nuclear Terror” by Gray Brechin, Oct. 28, 2016
“The De Facto US/Al Qaeda Alliance” by Robert Parry, Oct. 29, 2016
“Police Clash with Pipeline Protesters” by Ann Wright, Oct. 29, 2016
”Why the Truth Might Get You Fired” by Lawrence Davidson, Oct. 29, 2016
“Who Will Weed Out the Warmongers?” by Robert Parry, Oct. 30, 2016
“How the West Provoked the New Cold War” by Ray McGovern, Oct. 31, 2016
“Justifying the Saudi Slaughter in Yemen” by Gareth Porter, Oct. 31, 2016
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