Sign CAPA's Letter of Petition to Obama to STOP KEYSTONE XL

Latest Idea Forum

SYRIA: Escalate the Talk NOT the War

Posted on by admin2 | Posted in Idea Forum, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment

Despite calls to the contrary from unsuccessful presidential candidate John McCain and other “when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail” know-nothing war-mongers, who apparently thought the disastrous Iraq and Afghanistan wars were just ducky, …

Read More View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on U.S. in Conflict

Hearing on DRONES: CAPA’s Statement to Senate Subcommittee

Posted on by admin2 | Posted in Afghanistan, CAPA News, Idea Forum, Military Spending, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment

= HEARING = Drone Wars: The Constitutional and Counterterrorism Implications of Targeted Killings April 23, 2013 | 4pm Senate Hart Office Building 216 Board Member Michael Lynn composed the following statement for submission to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the …

Read More View More Articles on Afghanistan View More Articles on CAPA News View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on Military Spending View More Articles on U.S. in Conflict

American Poverty Digs Ever Deeper

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Idea Forum, NewHomeSlider, Social Justice, The Issues | Leave a comment

The US economy, by some measures, appears to be slowly improving. But at the same time poverty has increased to levels not seen since the mid-1960s. According to MSNBC, almost half of all Americans are either low-income or impoverished, and …

Read More View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on NewHomeSlider View More Articles on Social Justice

Roy Edroso: Rightbloggers Not Having a Great “Happy 10th Anniversary Iraq War” Party

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Idea Forum, Iraq, NewHomeSlider, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

And now for some lighter reading, check out the latest from genius blogger Roy Edroso, from his excellent weekly series "Exploring the Right-Wing Blogophere" at the Village Voice: Rightbloggers Not Having a Great "Happy 10th Anniversary Iraq War" Party. Last …

Read More View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on Iraq View More Articles on NewHomeSlider View More Articles on U.S. in Conflict View More Articles on Uncategorized

Don’t Fracture Illinois

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Climate Change, Idea Forum, The Issues, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

lllinois: Call your state reps & senators and ask for a moratorium on Fracking! The dangerous form of mining known as "fracking" (hydraulic fracturing) is coming to southern & central Illinois, unless the people can stop it! The oil and …

Read More View More Articles on Climate Change View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on Uncategorized

Illinois Fracking Fight Vents Over Springfield

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Climate Change, Idea Forum, NewHomeSlider, The Issues, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

An industry hungry to exploit abundant shale — a glutted natural gas market — a scrappy coalition of citizen activists and concerned landowners — a state riven by cultural and economic chasms — a legislature reeling from chronic money troubles …

Read More View More Articles on Climate Change View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on NewHomeSlider View More Articles on Uncategorized

A Reason for the US Military Expansion into Africa – Fabius Maximus

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Idea Forum, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment

After a period of disengagement, a decade ago the USA began expanding militarily into Africa. What is this expansion's strategic purpose? Is it simply about access to African resources and markets? Is it a symptom of mission creep in the …

Read More View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on U.S. in Conflict

Does History Repeat Itself? – Part 2 – A Drone Base in Saudi Arabia

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Idea Forum, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment

Recently the Washington Post revealed, in an article about the confirmation hearings of CIA-director-designate John Brennan, that the US has had a drone aircraft base in Saudi Arabia for approximately two years *. This revelation seems to have passed without …

Read More View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on U.S. in Conflict

Does History Repeat Itself?

Posted on by Aaron | Posted in Afghanistan, Idea Forum, The Issues, U.S. in Conflict | Leave a comment

Does American military history repeat itself? Is there a similarity between the American war in Vietnam and the American-led NATO occupation of Afghanistan? Both operations are an American or majority-American force occupying a relatively undeveloped nation, and fighting against a …

Read More View More Articles on Afghanistan View More Articles on Idea Forum View More Articles on U.S. in Conflict

Cut WHAT?

Posted on by admin2 | Posted in Idea Forum, Military Spending, The Issues | Leave a comment

The Issues: Climate Change

Like nuclear weapons, climate change threatens all the world’s nations.

Read More

Become a Member

Help CAPA further our educational outreach on key issues like military spending and climate change.

Join Today