When called to account for an apparent inaccuracy in a broadcast pinning the MH-17 shoot-down on Russian President Putin, Australia’s “60 Minutes” responded with insults and dissembling. But that behavior has been typical of the propaganda wars around the Ukraine crisis, writes…
Obama’s Strategic Shift
False Comparison of N. Korea to Iran
Israel’s Plan to Kill Lebanese Civilians
You Be the Judge
Punishing Poland for US Crimes
While former U.S. officials continue to deny torturing “war on terror” detainees and President Obama fails to enforce any meaningful accountability countries from the old Soviet bloc are confronting their complicity in the CIA’s crimes, writes Nat Parry.
On Iraq/Torture, Still in Denial
Saudi Arabia’s Nuclear Bluster
Fake Evidence Blaming Russia for MH-17?
Exclusive: Pointing the finger of blame at Russian President Putin for the Malaysia Airlines shoot-down last July, an Australian news show claims to have found the spot where the Russian BUK missile battery made its getaway, but the images don’t…
Right-Wing Pressure in Academia
Exclusive: The American Right has gained substantial control of U.S. media but academia remains a juicy target as a vulnerable, last bastion of liberal thought and rationality, thus a key battlefield in the “culture wars,” writes James DiEugenio.
The Value of Effective Government
William & Mary Honors War Criminal
The Phony ‘Bad Intel’ Defense on Iraq
Losing the American Republic
The Cruel Punishment of Jeffrey Sterling
The Obama administration’s cruel war on whistleblowers won another round, getting a 42-month sentence meted out to ex-CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling even as the prosecutors were glum that he wasn’t given an even more draconian prison term, as Norman Solomon…
Netanyahu’s Narrow Right-Wing Majority
The Bin Laden Murder Mystery
A Summer of War or Peace
The Saudis’ Hurt Feelings
In Case You Missed…
Some of our special stories in April examined the expanding conflicts in the Middle East, the prospect of a peaceful nuclear agreement with Iran, and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.