Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 237)
It takes girls to raise a village
Tracy Clark-Flory
Developing countries lose billions each year by ignoring girls' potential, a report says
U.S. heading for failure in Afghanistan?
Alex Koppelman
The top commander in the country says he needs more forces, and fast -- the leak puts the administration in a bind
Detainee abuse continues at Bagram
Matthias Gebauer, Britta Sandberg, John Goetz
Afghanistan's Bagram prison may be worse than Guantanamo. Why does President Obama tolerate it?
Our war-loving Foreign Policy Community hasn’t gone anywhere
Glenn Greenwald
The belief that Iraq taught America's "experts" a lesson about anything is wrong.
What to talk about instead of talking about race
Darren Hutchinson
The media would rather debate whether right-wing Obama critics are racist than rebut their lies about his policies
Best new fall TV: “Flash Forward”
Heather Havrilesky
ABC's new serial drama slips the world a roofie and keeps it company
Snowe can save healthcare reform by voting against it
Robert Reich
Republican opposition to healthcare reform will ensure better legislation is passed
The distracting benefits of ACORN hysteria
Glenn Greenwald
Wall Street, defense contractors and the insurance industry v. the poor and dispossessed
Lobbyists still run Washington
Andy Kroll
It was supposed to change when Obama took office. But D.C.'s influence machine is going strong. Just ask Max Baucus
The Post: U.S. must demand accountability for due process and torture abuses — in Iran
Glenn Greenwald
This would be an excellent way to create a jovial climate for negotiations: provoke a group laughing fit.
Bagram: The sham of closing Guantanamo
Glenn Greenwald
Who knew that the evils of Gitmo could be so easily fixed with just a little change of scenery?
In Iraq, freedom is marching backward
Glenn Greenwald
Other than providing a huge gift to our Mortal Persian Enemies, what was accomplished by the attack?
Bin Laden: U.S. support of Israel led to 9/11
Juan Cole
Afghanistan's election mess could mean trouble for the U.S.
Afghanistan by the numbers
Tom Engelhardt
Is the war worth it? The cost in dollars, years, public opinion and lives
The photo of a fallen soldier
Michael Winship
The death of Marine Joshua Bernard, captured in a controversial photo, reminds us of the war that won't end
Eight years after 9/11, why remain in Afghanistan?
Mark Benjamin
The UN ambassador gives Salon the administration's explanation
Norman Podhoretz’s false accusations of “dual loyalty”
Glenn Greenwald
The neocon demand that Jews become neocons due to loyalty to Israel underscores how they think.
Obama appointee previews the imminent preventive detention debate
Glenn Greenwald
An advocate of Obama's preventive detention scheme demands sober debate while spewing stereotypes and distortions.
How can Obama top a great speech?
Joan Walsh
By ignoring GOP hooligans and getting his fellow Democrats behind his compelling vision of healthcare reform
Afghanistan may already be lost
Susanne Koelbl
President Obama wants to try a new approach to beat back the Taliban, but some analysts think the war can't be won
Choose your enemies wisely
Mike Madden
The White House couldn't have found a better foil for a healthcare speech than angry, shouting GOP Rep. Joe Wilson
“The time for bickering is over”
Salon Staff
The full text of President Obama's September 9 speech to a joint session of Congress on healthcare reform
Russia helps the U.S. in Afghanistan
Juan Cole
As U.S. allies look for the exit, Russia, perhaps because of problems with Afghan heroin at home, gets in deeper
Too late for Obama to turn it around?
Camille Paglia
Plus: The left's visionaries lost their bearings on drugs -- but the GOP is led by losers
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