Katrina vanden Heuvel, Stephen Cohen, The Nation. November 4, 2009. The former Soviet leader on his push for a peaceful dissolution of the Russian empire, and his idea that the US should follow suit.
Julio Godoy, IPS News. October 21, 2009. The new European labor paradigm, which is marked by cruelty to the individual, may be responsible for a growing number of self-inflicted deaths.
Elisabeth Rosenthal, Yale Environment 360. October 1, 2009. In Europe it is far easier to channel your good intentions into action. And you feel far worse if you don’t.
Dean Baker, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2009. The Right knows that they are supposed to hate Obamacare, the only problem is that they keep forgetting why.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. May 29, 2009. Congressional cowardice has not gone unnoticed on the international stage. It's a real problem.
Sam Stein, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. April 3, 2009. Stressing a "renewed relationship for a new generation" his speech brought the crowd to applause on several occasions.
Fred Pearce, Yale Environment 360. January 26, 2009. Recent backpedaling in Europe may signal the end of its leadership on climate change. Can Obama push America to the font?
Olivier Hoedeman, Corporate Europe Observatory. November 1, 2008. Despite pressure for public control of water, the European Commission seems intent on privatization.
David Cronin, IPS News. October 29, 2008. Weapons were pointed directly at migrants trying to enter Italy during a recent operation coordinated by the European Union's border control agency.
Ben, Think Progress AlterNet: Election 2008. September 19, 2008. "If McCain carries that much of a grudge then how in the world will he rebuild our relationship with Europe, as he has said he would do."
Paul Hockenos, In These Times. June 19, 2008. There's no need for Americans to take offense or cancel their vacations -- most Europeans are angry at our government, not us.
Tula Connell, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. February 28, 2008. Union-busting is a $4 billion industry in the United States. The same hasn't been true in Europe. Until now.
Marcy Bloom, RH Reality Check. February 25, 2008. Anti-choicers panic over "abortion tourism," but only the most privileged women can escape local "pro-life" laws. The rest simply suffer.
Abid Mustafa, Middle East Online. February 21, 2008. The forceful imposition of Western values is far more of a threat to world peace than Muslim nations gaining WMD.
David Cronin, IPS News. February 10, 2008. Despite the EU code of conduct, European corporations continue to supply the world's most dangerous groups with arms. A stronger law is needed.
Gary Younge, The Nation. December 24, 2007. The most potent bigots in Europe are not Muslims living in run-down housing projects, but white Christians in the corridors of power.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 11, 2007. It's harder to move up the economic ladder in the United States than in other wealthy countries. What happened to the American dream?