Obama walks fine line with Afghanistan plan
The 2012 presidential elections are undoubtedly playing a big role in President Obama's Afghanistan policies.
WikiLeaks and the struggle for peace
The ongoing debate around WikiLeaks gives organizers, historians and activists, an opportunity to draw bigger-picture conclusions.
View from Cuba: John Lennon, inspiration to the world
As people in the United States and around the world commemorate the memory of John Lennon on the anniversary of his 1981 murder, Dec. 8, Cuba honors the musician as a messenger of peace.
People’s World honors social justice, equality activists
CHICAGO - Not even the bitter cold weather could stop more than 100 labor, community, religious, environmental and equal rights activists from celebrating the People's World 23rd Annual Banquet here Dec. 5.
Germans ponder "All Quiet on the Western Front"
People left a movie theater in Berlin mostly silent and deeply moved though the film they had seen was first released in 1930. This American-made epic had lost none of its extremely emotional appeal. It was "All Quiet on the Western Front" and the date of its showing here was no coincidence.
The Afghanistan deficit
Over the next four years, if we don't start winding this war down, it will cost $260 billion to $400 billion: more than half, or nearly all, of the projected deficit.
Stop nuclear madness, ratify New START now
Everyone's security is endangered if this vital first step on the road to a world without nukes stalls out in the Senate.
Cash for influence in Afghanistan: it's U.S. versus Iran
As last week's "bags of money" revelations show, both the U.S. and Iranian governments are vying for influence in Afghanistan.
WikiLeaks Iraq files show a lot, but not enough
The files document in graphic detail many of the ugly realities of the Bush administration's war, but some vital things are missing.
West Haven I Wage Peace Walk creates interfaith unity
WEST HAVEN, CONN. - "During a time when fear of Islam misguides our citizens toward mistrust, hatred, and harm, act before something awful takes place." On October 24, three hundred participants heard that message from Bruce Barrett introducing the first I Wage Peace Walk.
