NOVANEWS President Obama and Saudi King Abdullah meet with interpreters nearby at the monarch’s desert camp northeast of Riyadh. (Saul Loeb / AFP/Getty Images / March 27, 2014) By Kathleen Hennessey and Christi Parsons President Obama is weighing whether to […]
NOVANEWS BY SPENCER ACKERMAN You think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden says it’s worse than you know. Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial […]
NOVANEWS Once Again, South America Says No by MARK WEISBROT When is it considered legitimate to try and overthrow a democratically-elected government? In Washington, the answer has always been simple: when the U.S. government says […]
NOVANEWS By: Ramona Wadi According to the US, the United Nations’ reputation has been “tarnished” by Richard Falk’s constant denunciations regarding Israel’s record of international law violations. In a statement to Reuters, which has been echoed […]
NOVANEWS Continuity and Change … For the Worse by ANDREW LEVINE Barack Obama ran for office promising change; he delivered continuity. But then, continuity brought change – for the worse. In 2008, “change” meant whatever […]
NOVANEWS Which Side Are You On? by ROB URIE A lot has been written in recent years in the liberal / progressive press about ‘income inequality,’ the unequal distribution of income and wealth in Western […]
NOVANEWS Obama: Everybody’s Got to Chip In by Jason Ditz Economic struggles and budget shortfalls have had many European member nations of NATO cutting back military spending, something US officials have been railed about for […]
NOVANEWS Once Again, South America Says No by MARK WEISBROT When is it considered legitimate to try and overthrow a democratically-elected government? In Washington, the answer has always been simple: when the U.S. government says […]
NOVANEWS Targeting the Muckrakers by BINOY KAMPMARK It was the worst kept secret in the novella of espionage delights, but the discussion in Glenn Greewald’s the Intercept was anticipated. The article suggested its imminent newsworthiness: “Top-secret documents […]