Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough
Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.
Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.09.2009 | Politics
President Obama is delivering remarks and signing an executive order lifting the ban on federal funding for stem cell research as well as a memorandum...
AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama signed a series of executive orders Friday that he said should "level the playing field" for labor unions in...
New Yorker | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics
On Thursday, President Barack Obama consigned to history the worst excesses of the Bush Administration's "war on terror." One of the four executive or...
Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.24.2009 | World
The Israeli Supreme Court defended the rights of Israel's two Arab parties, Balad and the United Arab List, to stand for election, overturning a vote by Israel's Central Election Committee.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 02.22.2009 | Politics
The right is preparing a new stab-in-the-back legend to paint the Obama administration as consisting of a bunch of cowardly liberals unable to stand up to terrorism.
AP | LARA JAKES and DAVID ESPO | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will begin overhauling U.S. national security policy Thursday with orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detent...
CNN | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
President-elect Barack Obama is considering issuing an executive order to reverse a controversial Bush administration abortion policy in his first wee...
Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2009 | World