News and Analysis from the United States
Israel has officially admitted after more than two decades of secrecy that it ordered the Israeli spy agency Mossad to carry out the assassination of Palestinian leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir. Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, founded the Palestine Liberation Organization and the… Read More ›
A Bright Shining Illusion? by SARAH BLASKEY and PHIL GASPER Was George McGovern a political saint—a man of such total moral purity that he transcended the day-to-day realities of money and power that usually dominate American politics? That’s certainly the… Read More ›
Hurricane Sandy is not turning into a political windfall for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Not only did Romney’s buddy New Jersey Governor Chris Christie go and call President Obama a “great leader” for his storm response but now some… Read More ›
State Dept.: They’re Beginning to Warm to the Idea Algerian officials are still not on board for the international invasion of northern Mali, and that’s a big concern for US officials. Algerian President Bouteflika says he fears the war will… Read More ›
By Arturo Garcia The American Family Association (AFA) emailed members urging them to keep their children out of school during an anti-bullying event organized by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). According to The New York Times, the evangelical group’s… Read More ›
Imran Khan is, according to numerous polls, the most popular politician in Pakistan and may very well be that country’s next Prime Minister. He is also a vehement critic of US drone attacks on his country, vowing to order them shot down if he is Prime Minister and leading an… Read More ›
NATO officials said they were targeting insurgents and would look into claims that children were killed by John Glaser A NATO airstrike killed three children in Afghanistan‘s Helmand province on Sunday, Afghan officials said Monday. “Two Taliban mine-planters were identified… Read More ›
You Call It Recovery, I Call It Bollocks by MIKE WHITNEY Well, what do you know; mortgage applications have fallen off a cliff. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) loan applications decreased by 12 percent on a seasonally adjusted… Read More ›
More than 50,000 Americans have been combat-wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan since 2001, a grim measure of the cost of more than a decade of war. According to Defense Department accounting, the number of wounded reached 50,010 on Thursday. The… Read More ›
Libyan rebels abused and mass murdered Colonel Gaddafi, his son Mutassim, and 66 loyalists, after their capture a year ago, Human Rights Watch says. It calls for an investigation and prosecution of those responsible for what they slam as a… Read More ›
The Atheistic Imperialists by JEFF SPARROW Slate recently published an important piece by Rebecca Watson, in which she describes the sexism she’s encountered during her career as a ‘skeptic’: that is, a member of the anti-faith, pro-science community that overlaps with… Read More ›
Officials Offer Few Details on Uruzgan Province Killings A man in an Afghan police uniform attacked and killed two US soldiers today in the Uruzgan Province in the latest apparent “green-on-blue” attack in Afghanistan. Officials have yet to confirm the attacker’s identity, and don’t… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 