On AlterNet: barack obama
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "barack obama"
Agence France Presse July 9, 2009.
Agence France Presse July 8, 2009.
Willam Fisher, IPS News. July 8, 2009.
Civil rights groups are calling on President Obama to "address systemic problems" with the government's treatment of Muslim charities.
The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post July 8, 2009.
By PETER BAKER, The New York Times July 8, 2009.
The breakdown underscored the difficulty in bridging divisions between developed and developing nations.
Agence France Presse July 7, 2009.
U.S. administration officials said Tuesday that terror suspects tried before military commissions can claim some constitutional rights.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 2, 2009.
Alvaro Uribe could be re-elected through just the type of referendum the ousted Manuel Zelaya has been accused of trying to carry out.
Tom Hayden, The Nation AlterNet: Video. July 1, 2009.
Will Obama side with a democratically elected government that happens to be a Venezuelan ally?
Suzanne Ito, Blog of Rights. June 30, 2009.
The Obama administration has yet to hold accountable those who authorized torture -- torture that killed at least 100 people.
Dafna Linzer, Peter Finn, ProPublica. June 30, 2009.
Such an order embraces claims by George W. Bush that certain people can be held without trial for long periods under the laws of war.
Jim Lobe, IPS News. June 30, 2009.
'We believe that the coup was not legal and that President Zelaya remains the President of Honduras,' Obama said.
Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 30, 2009.
"We've been in office six months ... I suspect that by the time this administration is over, you guys will have pretty good feelings."
Martin Garbus, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 30, 2009.
Obama's attempt at secrecy, continued torture and repression of speech must be stopped.
ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Take Action. June 29, 2009.
Take action to help those affected by recent US airstrikes.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: PEEK. June 29, 2009.
At minimum, the U.S. could have flexed its tremendous economic muscle before the coup and told the military plotters to stand down.
Chris Bowers, Open Left AlterNet: Politics. June 29, 2009.
Wingnuttery is a tempting and easy target. But the political reality has changed. We need to change with it.
Richard Kim, The Nation. June 29, 2009.
The question is no longer whether Obama can afford to support gay rights with full-throated passion, but rather: Can he afford not to?
Agence France Presse June 28, 2009.
U.S. President Barack Obama said earlier he was "deeply concerned" over reports that Honduran troops ousted Zelaya and flew him out of the country to regional neighbor Costa Rica.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet. June 27, 2009.
A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation AlterNet: World. June 26, 2009.
Why the Obama administration should talk with Iran's leaders, even after the regime's despicable election behavior.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: World. June 24, 2009.
Asked if the U.S. has 'intelligence operatives on the ground in Iran,' Brent Scowcroft replied, "Of course we do."
Khody Akhavi, Ali Gharib, IPS News. June 24, 2009.
Facing calls to speak out more forcefully on Iran's disputed election results, the U.S. president made his harshest statement yet Tuesday.
Diana Gibson, Ray McGovern, San Jose Mercury News. June 24, 2009.
Meanwhile, a recent Pew survey shows that a majority of Americans who go to church regularly believe torture can be justified.
Richard Gale, Gary Null, AlterNet. June 24, 2009.
One of China's "Public Enemies" talks about the secret war on the Uyghurs.
Abe Forman-Greenwald, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. June 23, 2009.
Gay and lesbian partners of service members forced by law to sacrifice in silence.
