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Hey Bill Maher, Being Liberal Doesn't Excuse You From Islamophobia

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment

A look at why the comedian seems to have so much animus against Muslims.

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Shocking Stories of Loss Motivate Mourners of Mexico's Drug War Victims to Hold the U.S. Responsible

By Kristen Gwynne / AlterNet

Romney's Version of Diplomacy: Insult Egypt, Paint the Developing World as Global Welfare Queen

By Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Romney's Need for Cash Fuels Lust for Iran War

By Alex Kane / AlterNet

The Heavy Price America Will Pay for Pushing Religion on the Rest of the World

By Andrew Bacevich / TomDispatch.com

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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Obama to Strike Back at Critics at Home and Abroad in UN Speech

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Hillary to World Leaders: Time for the Rich to Pony Up Their Taxes

Bradley J. Austin / AlterNet

The Iranian Extremists America Loves: U.S. Takes Violent Group Off Terror List

Jim Lobe, Jasmin Ramsey / Inter Press Service

Obama Looks Strong: But World Events He Can't Control are Election Wild Card

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch

Beware! 5 Depressing Stories About Food in the News This Past Week

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

Linchpin of America's Pivot? U.S. Courts India to Maintain Military Superiority Over China

Ninan Koshy / Foreign Policy in Focus

Opposition Blues: Russia's Dissident Movement Struggles Over Internal Divides

Anna Derinova / Waging Nonviolence

I Was Minutes Away From Ordering a Drone Strike on an 'Insurgent' ... Until I Realized It Was Just a Child at Play

James Jeffrey / Comment Is Free

Bolivia and Venezuela Scoff at Obama's Drug War Criticism, Tell US to Look in the Mirror

Phillip Smith / Drug War Chronicle

Dialogue Between Enemies: How Egypt's President Plans to End the Syrian Civil War

Kaveh L Afrasiabi / Asia Times

How Tractors Are Revolutionizing Agriculture in Chad

Francois Djékombé / Inter Press Service

9 Big Myths We're Being Peddled to Scare Us About Iran

Juan Cole / Informed Comment

Is Julian Assange's Asylum Claim Legit? Point-Counterpoint With Glenn Greenwald

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Throwing Activists Into Crowded Jails: How Haiti's Government is Silencing the Opposition

Fran Quigley, Meena Jagannath / AlterNet

It's Not About a Film: The Real Reason Why the Middle East Exploded

Ray McGovern / Consortium News

Netanyahu Is Trying to Influence an American Election -- 5 Reasons It's Not Going to Work

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Holland Election Leaves Up in the Air the Question of "Weed Pass" and the Future of Dutch Coffee Shops for Tourists

Elisabeth Garber-Paul / AlterNet

Ten Likely Consequences of Muslim anti-US Embassy Riots

Juan Cole / Informed Comment

Why an Unstable Middle East Could Mean an Environmental and Economic Catastrophe

Marshall Auerback / AlterNet

How Syria’s Refugee Crisis Is Spinning Out of Control Beyond Its Borders

Anna Lekas Miller / AlterNet

Reinforcing Washington's Hegemony: Behind the U.S. Pivot Towards Asia

Joseph Gerson / Foreign Policy in Focus

Awash in Small Arms and Landmines: The Unseen Dangers Lurking in Libya

Mel Frykberg / Inter Press Service

Inside the Islamophobic-Religious Right Alliance Whose Film Sparked a Crisis in the Middle East

Alex Kane / AlterNet

Occupying Language: Inside the Global Revolutions

Marina Sitrin, Dario Azzellini / Occupied Media

Romney Continues His Absurd Attacks on Obama as Suspects in Libya Killings Are Arrested

Steven Rosenfeld / AlterNet

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