| Sep 9, 2013 | Peace / SecurityCan anyone say with a straight face that if President Barack Obama hadn’t asserted one year ago that the use of poison gas would be a “red line” for military intervention, we would now be discussing a unilateral U.S. missile attack on Syria? They can...
| Sep 4, 2013 | Roundup|UncategorizedThis week in OtherWords, Donald Kaul and Mitchell Zimmerman weigh in on the specter of U.S. military action against Syria and Sanho Tree unpacks the political ramifications of the Justice Department’s new approach to states that legalize pot for recreational...
| | Peace / SecurityAttorney General Eric Holder’s recent announcement that the federal government wouldn’t challenge Colorado and Washington state’s ability to implement a legal regulatory system for adult recreational marijuana use marked a tremendous political...
| | Rights / DemocracyThe highest court in America has been in the spotlight lately. Following its historic decisions on marriage equality and voting rights, Americans recognize the importance that the Supreme Court’s decisions can have on our lives as well as the power they have to...
| | Peace / SecurityPresident Barack Obama wants Congress to grant him the power to go to war with Syria, for as long as and in any way he chooses. Now it’s up to the American people, as it was to the British, to say no — we don’t buy it. Even if Bashar al-Assad’s...
