August 31 marks what President Obama has heralded as the end of our combat mission in Iraq. But as the last of U.S. combat troops leave, they’ll be replaced by as many as 7,000 private contractors charged with guarding...
Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, has been described alternately as one of the most wanted women connected to al-Qaeda and as an innocent victim of the US-led regime of “enforced disappearances.” After ten...
Monday, January 11 was the eighth anniversary of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center, and on January 22, it will be exactly one year since president Obama issued his executive order to close the prison within a year. We...
The piano has been perhaps the most iconic and influential instrument within Western musical history. Now UK-based composer and percussionist Geoff Smith has invented an acoustic piano which uses fluid tuning. It allows...
Beginning in early 2010, American troops will begin arriving in Afghanistan as part of President Obama's escalation of military forces in the region. But as experts discuss the military strategies and political...
This weekend the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings the first annual Pageturner festival to Brooklyn, including the winners of the 12th Annual AAWW Literary Awards. We'll preview some highlights of the...
Eight years after the U.S. invaded Afghanistan, and years into the U.S.'s
military campaigns in Pakistan, we'll discuss the toll these wars have
taken, why they remain under the radar in American public...
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress teams with blogger Angry Asian Man to issue a fresh report on the top ten colleges and universities for API students-- by progressive activists' criteria. With Oiyan Poon of...
This week, there was an avalanche of developments regarding the U.S. secret detention and rendition program. We got one long-awaited 2004 CIA report from the Agency’s Office of Inspector General—its internal...
The legal battle over U.S. actions is obviously a crucial arena in holding the government and military accountable for torture and abuse in the war on terror. But in this secretive area, there’s also a battle over the...
