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More powerful than a locomotive...but how about a head of state?

Superman no longer identifies as American

Drew Grant
When the man of steel renounces his U.S. citizenship, what does that say about our country?
Egyptians shout anti-Mubarak slogans as they demonstrate in front of the hospital where former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, 82, is being hospitalized in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Egypt's ousted President Hosni Mubarak was put under detention in his hospital room Wednesday for investigation on accusations of corruption, abuse of power and killings of protesters in a dramatic step Wednesday that brought celebrations from the movement that drove him from office. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) (AP)

Strong anti-American sentiment in Egypt

Glenn Greenwald
A new poll reveals the dangers of U.S. policy in that region, and the lack of change in perception
Threatened and fallen dictator friends of the United States. Clockwise from upper left: Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, Bahrain's Hamad bin Isa Khalifa, Tunisia's Ben Ali and Yemen's Ali Abdullah Saleh

Washington in a bind as local despots fall

Alfred McCoy, Brett Reilly
An empire built on autocrats, aristocrats, and uniformed thugs begins to totter
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Newly leaked documents show the ongoing travesty of Guantanamo

Glenn Greenwald
A massive WikiLeaks disclosure sheds new light on the lack of credible evidence against detainees
In this photo taken Sept. 2, 2010, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley speaks to reporters at the State Department in Washington. Crowley has resigned after causing a stir by describing the Army's treatment of the suspected WikiLeaks leaker, Pfc. Bradley Manning, as "ridiculous" and "stupid." In a statement Sunday, March 13, 2011, Crowley took responsibility for the remarks and submitted his resignation to Clinton. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

The vindication of P.J. Crowley

Justin Elliott
The former State Department spokesman talks to Salon about the latest on Bradley Manning and Obama's foreign policy
Syrian anti-government protesters march during a demonstration following Friday prayers near Damascus, Syria, Friday, April 22, 2011. Security forces fired live bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of people shouting for freedom and democracy in several areas across the country. (AP Photo) (AP)

27 people killed as Syrian security fires on protest

Bassem Mroue
Syria's protest movement faces increased challenges in one of the bloodiest attacks on protesters yet
President Barack Obama meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (Associated Press)

Is the world too big to fail?

Noam Chomsky
As its global dominance wanes, America battles democracy, both at home and abroad
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Beltway austerity values

Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post wants more money for more wars, while reducing healthcare benefits for those who fight them
FILE - On this April 6, 2011, file photo, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks at an Americans for Prosperity "Cut Spending Now," rally on Capitol Hill in Washington. President Barack Obama has launched his re-election bid in a low-key manner, but the Republican Party’s search for a challenger seems stranger by the day. In Iowa at least, there’s also widespread talk about Bachmann, who would be the first president elected directly from the House since James Garfield. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Sleepwalking into the imperial dark

Tom Engelhardt
America today: What it feels like when a superpower runs off the tracks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center right, and Defense Minster Ehud Barak, center left, visit the Iron Dome missile defense system, background, deployed in Ashkelon, southern Israel, Sunday, April 10, 2011. A senior member of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement on Sunday made a rare appeal to the Israeli public to halt escalating cross-border fighting, telling an Israeli radio station in fluent Hebrew that Hamas is ready to stop its rocket fire if Israel ends its attacks on Gaza. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP)

Three myths of Israel’s insecurity

Ira Chernus
It's time to debunk the idea that the Jewish state's existence is under constant threat
In this citizen journalism image made on a mobile phone and acquired by the AP, Syrian women attend an anti-government protest in Banias, Syria, Saturday, April 16, 2011. President Bashar Assad was expected to appear in a televised speech, witnesses said. The speech will be Assad's second public appearance since the country's protest movement began a month ago. (AP Photo) (AP)

Three killed at funeral for slain Syrian protester

Zeina Karam
Attack comes day after embattled president promised reform
Former president Thomas Jefferson and President Barack Obama

Our original Libyan misadventure

Eric Scigliano
What President Obama should know about Thomas Jefferson's decision to confront a troublesome tyrant in Tripoli
President Barack Obama shakes hands with military officers after he spoke about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

The secret militarism of Obama’s defense spending cuts

David Sirota
The Pentagon would take on an even greater share of spending. Is this what Americans really want?

Donald Trump’s “Today” interview: What you didn’t see

Drew Grant
Meredith Vieira does battle with the "Apprentice" star's hair in this unaired NBC footage
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy

Bad influences: JFK, Ike and Obama

Michael Lind
The war in Libya is a reminder of how the current president embodies the worst traits of two of his predecessors
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Primitive Muslims’ unique love of violence

Glenn Greenwald
The same people who cheered on the attack on Iraq lament the barbarism of Islam
President Barack Obama delivers his address at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011, to give an update on Libya. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) (AP)

Obama’s new view of his own war powers

Glenn Greenwald
The administration's theory of executive authority contradicts what Obama once said but replicates the Bush DOJ
President Barack Obama speaks about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Obama gambles his presidency

Gene Lyons
Libya has the potential to radically improve America's image in the Muslim world. It could also be Obama's undoing
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Syrian government resigns amid unrest

Zeina Karam
The country's president accepted cabinet's resignation in attempt to appease throngs of angry protesters
President Barack Obama speaks about Libya at the National Defense University in Washington, Monday, March 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (AP)

Barack Obama: We’re in Libya to prevent a massacre

Alex Pareene
The president explained, as best he could, why we're there, but couldn't quite explain how we'll know when to go
Ear in the hole of a paper (Igor Kovalchuk)

Foxes and Internet henhouses

Glenn Greenwald
. . . but what about the U.S.?
FILE - This Friday, May 4, 2007 picture shows former Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro during a news conference before a fundraising lunch hosted by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., in Chicago. The first woman to run for U.S. vice president on a major party ticket has died. Geraldine Ferraro was 75. A family friend said Ferraro, who was diagnosed with blood cancer in 1998, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Massachusetts General Hospital. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) (AP)

The fate that Geraldine Ferraro didn’t deserve

Steve Kornacki
She broke a gender barrier in 1984 -- and she was rewarded with one indignity after another
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Right: supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi listen to his speech at a demonstration in Tehran on Thursday June, 18, 2009.

Hillary Clinton’s crucial choice on Iran

Mohsen Kadivar, Ahmad Sadri
The State Department faces a crucial decision that could make or break the nation's democratic movement
Syrians anti and pro-Assad protesters clash after Friday prayers outside the Omayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 25, 2011. Thousands of Syrians took to the streets Friday demanding reforms and mourning dozens of protesters who were killed during a violent, week long crackdown that has brought extraordinary pressure on the country's autocratic regime, activists and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman) (AP)

Violence erupts around Syria, protesters shot

Zeina Karam, Bassem Mroue
Military troops opened fire on protesters after they set fire to a statue of deceased president Hafez Assad
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