Hightower vs. McCain on Afghanistan

• The Ethnic Split

  Afghanistan War

  Selig S. Harrison: The tenacity of the Taliban insurgency is rooted in opposition to a foreign occupation that is particularly distasteful to the Pashtuns.

• Remember the Women?

  Afghanistan War

  Ann Jones: Women belong at the center of the debate over the Afghan war, not on the margins.

• Al Qaeda in Afghanistan

  Afghanistan

  Greg Kaufmann: At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, former CIA officers offered clear alternatives to escalation in Afghanistan.

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• Sanders: Lies, Fibs and Anti-Reformers

  Health Care Policy

  Brave New Films : Since many Americans are misinformed about the opportunities a healthcare reform will bring, Sen. Bernie Sanders tries to expose the lies surrounding the bill.

• Sanders Unfiltered: America's Class Crisis

  Class

  Brave New Films : Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders calls for a "new type of Wall Street, a Wall Street that is not interested in bubble economics," in this first in a series of videos.

• Women of Afghanistan Tell Their Stories

  Afghanistan War

  Brave New Films : American military escalation will not liberate the women of Afghanistan. Instead, the hardships of war take a disproportionate toll on women and their families.