FOREIGN POLICY
The Last Days of Kobani Loom as ISIL Closes in on Syrian Kurds by Juan Cole
The United States Empire By Bruce Fein
ISIS in Washington : America’s Soundtrack of Hysteria
Iraq news reports say 18 civilians killed in strike aimed at militants
White House exempts Syria airstrikes from tight standards on civilian deaths
Syria-to-Ukraine Wars Send U.S. Defense Stocks to Records
Argentina Dares to Call a Spade a Spade: Naming Western Greed Economy As “Economic Terrorism”
Nuland Lands in Kiev as US-backed Regime Tools Up for War
Washington Is Destroying The World By Paul Craig Roberts
Isis on the Verge of Victory in Kobani as US Strategy Lies in Ruins: Jihadists close to taking city near Turkish border in Syria By Patrick Cockburn
The University of Al-Qaeda? America’s “Terrorist Academy” in Iraq Produced ISIS Leaders By Mike Whitney
Making Iran the Ultimate Enemy
Rushing to War in the Wrong Places
Eroding Principles of Human Rights
The Why of Obama’s Failed Hope
Eyes Finally Open to Syrian Realities By Robert Parry
Who’s to Blame for ISIS ‘Surprise’?
Obama Does ‘Stupid Stuff’ in ISIS War
Official Washington’s Syrian ‘Fantasy’ By Robert Parry
Netanyahu’s ‘un-American’ stink bomb: What was he thinking?
EBOLA OUTBREAK
Ebola: Fight the Disease, Not the Victims by Jesse Jackson
As US Ebola Patient Dies, Another Potential Case Emerges
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Privacy, Free Speech on the Line as Court Considers FBI’s Warrantless Surveillance Program
China Overtakes US as World’s Single Largest Economy
‘Taking Stand Against Racism and Discrimination,’ Seattle Adopts Indigenous Peoples’ Day
CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate Change to Bring Dramatic Surge in East Coast Floods, Scientists Warn
Twitter Sues Justice Department, FBI for Right to Reveal Scope of Government Surveillance
PRIVATIZATION
Charter school fraud has cost Pennsylvania at least $30 million
Students Walk Out After Attack on ‘Union that Defends Public Education’
HISTORY
NYT’s Belated Admission on Contra-Cocaine By Robert Parry
The Resurrection of Gary Webb by Jeff Cohen
“Kill the Messenger” Resurrects Gary Webb, Journalist Maligned for Exposing CIA Ties to Crack Trade By DemocracyNow!