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Julian Assange

The Wikileaks founder has been in Ecuador’s London embassy for six weeks awaiting a decision on his request for asylum.

The WikiLeaks cables not only uncovered extensive Washington influence in the region, it also ushered in a new age of investigative journalism.

The Nation’s longest-running columnist was a witty, brilliant, coruscating presence in our pages for almost thirty years.

Alexander Cockburn

For what the ancients called avarice and iniquity, Alex’s hate was pure. No writer had a deadlier sting against the corruptions of empire.

Mitt Romney

No wonder the public remains so misinformed, as bigfoot pundits not only whitewash Republican extremism but paint Obama’s soggy centrism in false hues as its ideological equivalent.

WikiLeaks

As Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange, here is a closer look at Cablegate in Latin America.

Dilma Rousseff

Cablegate did not just reveal secrets, it inspired a new culture of investigative journalism.

From trivial matters to border tension with Hugo Chávez, Cablegate was a mixed bag of revelations for Colombians.

Some of our favorites from nearly thirty years of his Nation column.

Blogs

The problem isn’t that Americans are spending more money on stuff—they’re not. It’s that stuff has gotten cheaper.

March 13, 2013

 Just before the invasion, one-third of newspapers spoke out against attacking at that time.

March 13, 2013

For Native Americans, there's no place like home—especially when offensive imagery and racist policies threaten to take it away. 

March 12, 2013

The Obama administration should have argued the case against Anwar al-Awlaki in a court of law, not on the pages of The New York Times.

March 11, 2013

No joke: Much of Oz’s matriarchal leanings come straight from a radical American feminist.

March 8, 2013

Journalists need to hold themselves to higher standards, as do their ombudsmen.

March 7, 2013

 The investigative journalist followed the dummy on the WMD assertions leading up to the war.

March 7, 2013

 A smoking-gun demonstration of how the formerly great reporter trims his sails according to the power politics of the moment.

March 6, 2013

Even the Times public editor agrees that the move hurts its environmental coverage.

March 6, 2013

Why mainstream media pundits keep punting.

March 5, 2013