Wells Fargo’s board acts against CEO John Stumpf right before a House hearing. Is this to blunt the interrogation or to save his hide?
Read more...The US continues to fund a senseless Saudi campaign of starvation against the Yemeni people
Read more...Yves here. We’ve been saying for some time that Merkel’s hold on power was weakening. As this Real News Network video shows, the recent election results confirm this slippage. Notice that this interview fails to mention that the huge influx of refugees into Europe is the direct result of the US creating failed states in […]
Read more...Absolute inequality around the world has increased, challenging the purported benefit of globalization.
Read more...A revealing effort to acknowledge that the Clintons are corrupt but contend that it doesn’t matter much because the system is rotten.
Read more...The hawks who are throwing bricks at Trump forgot that they are living in glass houses.
Read more...Erdogan met Putin in Moscow last week but as Helmer explains, failed to achieve any rapprochement in its relations with Russia
Read more...The Pentagon refuses to disclose how many U.S. troops — and contractors — are currently deployed to Iraq and Syria. CIvilian deaths, too
Read more...Why is there so little domestic criticism of U.S. foreign policy and its disastrous wars and so little military dissent in particular?
Read more...A personal take on why politics in America are so rotten.
Read more...Saudi Arabia is getting a handle on managing its budget and economy in the face of ow oil prices. That could have long-term ramifications.
Read more...John Helmer describes why an upcoming meeting between Erdogan and Putin could represent a significant geopolitical shift.
Read more...How neoliberalism, the resource curse, and military interventions by Washington and its allies, profoundly destabilized the Middle East.
Read more...American air supremacy is touted as key to delivering low cost victories. It’s hasn’t been working out that way for quite a while.
Read more...A troubling internal cable signed by a host of U.S. diplomats blames Obama for not striking Syria earlier.
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