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Why America's Empire Never Achieves Its Goals

By Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch

The U.S. military reigns supreme. Yet nowhere can it achieve its goals, however modest.

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How Romney's Consulting Firm Helped an Ailing Russia Get Hooked on Cigarettes

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

Murder from the Skies -- U.S. Creating New Enemies Where There Were None

By Leah Bolger / AlterNet

Watch Soledad O’Brien Smack Down Romney Staffer for Mitt's Shameless Hypocrisy -- Again

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

Romney Plan: Outsourcing International Development to Big Business

By Bradley J. Austin / AlterNet

It's Time to Challenge the Propaganda Regarding Who is Killed by U. S. Drones

Former UK Defense Minister Suggests Dropping Thermonuclear Bombs on Afghanistan-Pakistan Border

'Life or Death' Moment for the Revolution: Egyptians Erupt in Fury Against Brazen Power Grab

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5 Ways Mitt Romney Would Double Down on U.S. Empire and Hegemony

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Palestinians Face Food and Water Crisis in the West Bank Spurred by Israeli Control of Resources

Anna Lekas Miller / Triple Crisis

Turkey and Syria Come to Blows: Is Western Intervention Next?

Vijay Prashad / Asia Times

Has Netanyahu Switched His Strategy for the 2012 US Presidential Election?

Tom Engelhardt / AlterNet

Follow the Money: From Islamophobia to Israel Right or Wrong

Elly Bulkin and Donna Nevel / AlterNet

Top 10 Things Mitt Romney Gets Dead Wrong about U.S. Policy in the Middle East

Juan Cole / Informed Comment

Scarce Jobs, Slashed Salaries, and Schools Without Books: The Ugly Consequences of Austerity in Athens

Pepe Egger / openDemocracy.net

Dark Days in Bahrain: Court Ruling Upholds Convictions of Medics Who Helped Pro-Democracy Protesters

Lindsey Walker and Malgorzata Stawecka / Inter Press Service

Back to Torture? 5 Ways Mitt Romney Will Bring Back the Worst of George W. Bush

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Bibi's Echo Chamber: Why I Hate the Internet Memes of the Israeli Leader's UN Speech

Noam Sheizaf / +972 Magazine

Five Big Issues You Won't Hear About in the Presidential Debates

Mattea Kramer / TomDispatch

Why I Risked My Body to Stop Arctic Drilling

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Meet the D.C. PR Firm Shilling For Fiji's Military Coup Government

Eli Clifton / The American Independent

10 Great Reasons to Fall in Love with Istanbul

Don Hazen, V.C. Dent / AlterNet

Living Under Drones -- Chilling First-Hand Testimony of Escalating Drone Attacks by the US

John Amick / WarCosts.org

'Is Hollande Going to Expel Us All'? Roma Population in France Faces Discrimination and an Uncertain Future

Valeria Costa-Kostritsky / openDemocracy.net

Man Behind Anti-Islam Film Arrested and Held Without Bail

Laura Gottesdiener / AlterNet

Is Venezuela Ready For Change? Presidential Election Pits Populist Chavez Against Business-Friendly Governor

Andrew Rosati / AlterNet

Crazy, Cultish and Violent: When I Met an Iranian Terrorist Group

Zahir Janmohamed / AlterNet

Failed State No More? Somalia Begins to Crawl Out of the Dark Hole of Instability and War

Abdinur Mohamud / Foreign Policy in Focus

Showing Pakistan a Different American Face: CODEPINK Delegation Set to Protest Drone Strikes

Medea Benjamin / AlterNet

Thousands Surround Spanish Parliament in Bid to "Occupy Congress" and Stop Austerity

Amy Goodman / Democracy Now

Greek Protests Get Violent After New Austerity Cuts

Katerina Voussoura / AFP

Terrorism by Drone: How U.S. Bombing Makes Pakistani Civilians Endure a Living Hell

Chris Woods / The Bureau of Investigative Journalism

Thomas Friedman Against the Arab World: How the New York Times Columnist Objectifies Muslim Women and Shills For War

Belén Fernández / AlterNet

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