TPP Finalized
David Nakamura, Washington Post
Nakamura writes: "The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim nations reached agreement Monday on the largest free-trade accord in a generation."
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David Nakamura, Washington Post
Nakamura writes: "The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim nations reached agreement Monday on the largest free-trade accord in a generation."
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Ben Bernanke Says Wall Street Executives Should Have Gone to Jail
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says some Wall Street executives should have been jailed for their roles in the financial crisis that gripped the country in 2008 and triggered the great recession."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "Former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke says some Wall Street executives should have been jailed for their roles in the financial crisis that gripped the country in 2008 and triggered the great recession."
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Jonathan Chait | Boehner's Gone. Why Isn't the Right Happy?
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "Fury over not having enough power to force your leader to wield more power than is constitutionally possible is not an emotional state conducive to stable coalition-building. Over the years, right-wing discontent has sundered the party into a number of ever-shifting sub-factions."
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Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "Fury over not having enough power to force your leader to wield more power than is constitutionally possible is not an emotional state conducive to stable coalition-building. Over the years, right-wing discontent has sundered the party into a number of ever-shifting sub-factions."
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Statistics Show White Supremacy Is a Bigger Threat to the US Than Radical Muslims
Keisha Hatchett, Yahoo News
Hatchett writes: "Despite what Donald Trump and many other politicians have told you, the major threat to America isn't Muslim extremism. In fact, statistics show that the real danger lies with domestic extremists who aren't of the Muslim faith."
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Keisha Hatchett, Yahoo News
Hatchett writes: "Despite what Donald Trump and many other politicians have told you, the major threat to America isn't Muslim extremism. In fact, statistics show that the real danger lies with domestic extremists who aren't of the Muslim faith."
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When War Comes Close to Home
Zareena Grewal, New York Times
Grewal writes: "Iraqi civilian losses used to be referred to as the inevitable 'collateral damage' of war; but from the scant Arabic media coverage and the silence of the Western press, it is painfully clear that the deaths of my loved ones have not even earned that ghastly euphemism. These civilian victims are simply lumped together with the death toll of Islamic State fighters."
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Zareena Grewal, New York Times
Grewal writes: "Iraqi civilian losses used to be referred to as the inevitable 'collateral damage' of war; but from the scant Arabic media coverage and the silence of the Western press, it is painfully clear that the deaths of my loved ones have not even earned that ghastly euphemism. These civilian victims are simply lumped together with the death toll of Islamic State fighters."
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Riot on the Plantation: In Liberia, Palm Oil Has Set Off a Dangerous Scramble for Land
Elaisha Stokes, Al Jazeera America
Stokes writes: "In Liberia, the unrest in Butaw is just the latest episode in a series of recent land disputes that have turned violent. The small West African nation does not have large deposits of minerals and it has been slow to exploit its oil reserves."
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Elaisha Stokes, Al Jazeera America
Stokes writes: "In Liberia, the unrest in Butaw is just the latest episode in a series of recent land disputes that have turned violent. The small West African nation does not have large deposits of minerals and it has been slow to exploit its oil reserves."
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'Paying to Poison Our Kids': Lead in Michigan City's Water Hits Children
Ryan Felton, Guardian UK
Felton writes: "A spate of kids are experiencing elevated blood-lead levels in Flint, and some drinking water lead levels are so high they are defined as hazardous waste, according to several local studies."
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Ryan Felton, Guardian UK
Felton writes: "A spate of kids are experiencing elevated blood-lead levels in Flint, and some drinking water lead levels are so high they are defined as hazardous waste, according to several local studies."
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