After the U.S. saw moderate progress on labor issues under Obama, Donald Trump has wasted no time to attack workers and the labor movement in the U.S.
The US and Iran: Between Obsession and Forgetfulness
The Trump Administration’s obsession with the Iran nuclear deal cannot obscure the U.S. role in strengthening Iran.
Behind the Real U.S. Strategic Blunder in Syria
Obama’s Syria policy failed because it did not anticipate provoking Iranian and Russian interventions.
The U.S. Government and the Major Banks: Justice for Sale at the Bazaar
To date, not a single top banker has been put on trial, let alone sent to prison, for the frauds perpetrated by the institutions they lead.
Obama’s Syria Policy: The Illusion of US Power in the Middle East
The cost of letting US policy be determined primarily by the ambitions of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
The U.S.-Syria Scandal: Supporting Sectarian War
Senior Obama administration officials were aware from 2012 that a war to overthrow Assad would inevitably become a sectarian bloodbath.
Obama: So Good, Yet So Bad
How can someone so politically adept at campaigning be so politically incompetent at governing?
Hillary Clinton: Lacking Smarts, Principles or Both?
Hillary Clinton attacks Obama’s foreign policy — she would be better off emulating it
Countering the Voices of U.S. Economic Extremism
The economic extremism from the far right could have set the United States far off course.
On Iraq, Dick Cheney Used to Be a Truth Teller
Before he became Vice President, Cheney acknowledged that Iraq could disintegrate following a U.S. invasion.