On AlterNet: united states
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "united states"
M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times. December 2, 2008.
No sooner had the carnage in Mumbai ended than a three-way diplomatic tussle began involving India, Pakistan and the U.S.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. December 1, 2008.
An alternative to troop escalation.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. November 12, 2008.
Millions of Americans live in a non-reality-based belief system informed by childish cliches - they can barely differentiate between lies and truth.
Noam Chomsky, CounterPunch. September 15, 2008.
It's in America's best interests to regard Russia a resurgent power and not apply a strategy of confrontation against it.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 7, 2008.
Why the surge isn't as successful as conservatives would have you believe.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. August 4, 2008.
From Friday's "Meet the Bloggers" with special guest Rachel Maddow.
Revolter, BoRev AlterNet: PEEK. July 25, 2008.
Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos today stated that he "still does not know what [the CSD] is for."
Brave New Films, Al Jazeera AlterNet: Video. July 7, 2008.
How Haitian politics, rice, and the U.S. are deeply interwoven.
ZP Heller, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. June 28, 2008.
Putting the obscene cost into perspective.
Evmonk, The Largest Minority AlterNet: PEEK. June 10, 2008.
South Koreans have a beef with the U.S.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. June 3, 2008.
In a dramatic speech, Chris Hedges warns that the nation is on the verge of becoming a full-blown corporate state.
Tony Newman, AlterNet. May 16, 2008.
Lou Dobbs talks nonsense to explain Mexican drug violence. Face it: Drug prohibition creates a profit motive that people are willing to kill for.
Ethan Nadelmann, AlterNet. April 25, 2008.
The U.S. dwarfs the rest of the world when it comes to locking up its citizens, due in large part to madness of our incarceration policies.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 14, 2008.
National security expert: This is the "most egregious case of sensationalist journalism" in the service of Pentagon and Bush administration.
Suzy Khimm, AlterNet. December 24, 2007.
As part of its campaign to bolster America's image, the State Department is funding a hip-hop funk group from New York to tour Southeast Asia.
Abid Aslam, IPS News. November 28, 2007.
More than one in 10 people in the United States go hungry, according to government figures suggesting its food programs are falling short in the world's wealthiest country.
Peter Galbraith, The New York Review of Books and TomDispatch. September 24, 2007.
The contest of control over Iraq between the U.S. and Iran is the largest potential crucible of disaster for the planet between now and January 2009.
Ezra Klein, The American Prospect. August 20, 2007.
How Europe, Canada, and our own VA do health care better.
Rebecca Clarren, Ms. Magazine. August 15, 2007.
An investigation into the shadow world of sex and labor trafficking in the United States reveals not just the dimensions of the problem but the startling inadequacy of the federal response.
Meena Janardhan, IPS News. August 9, 2007.
The United States' plan to sell arms to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies to counter growing Iranian influence could trigger an arms race that could set off the whole Middle East.
Sterry Butcher, Texas Observer. August 4, 2007.
The talk in West Texas this summer is La Entrada al Pacífico, and it's either a great opportunity to develop an international trade route, or it's a wretched plan that would ruin the pristine Big Bend region of Texas.
Noam Chomsky, City Lights. July 30, 2007.
Despite the saber-rattling, it is unlikely that the Bush administration will attack Iran. A "cold war" of sorts between the two is likely to ensue.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. July 6, 2007.
The former New York Times Mideast bureau chief warns that America’s foreign policy, particularly under the Bush administration, has been subverted by an aggressive and dangerous Israeli agenda that could launch a nightmarish regional war.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. June 22, 2007.
While Islamophobes and the "liberal" media have us focused on the theoretical threat of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, there's not much public discussion about the real threat of cluster bombs.
Chalmers Johnson, Tomdispatch.com. May 17, 2007.
Brilliant historian and essayist Chalmers Johnson argues that unless we face up to the tremendous strain our empire is having on America, we will lose our democracy, and then it will not matter much what else we lose.
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