Jeremy Scahill: Yemeni Journalist Who Exposed US Strikes Released From Prison Jeremy Scahill: Yemeni Journalist Who Exposed US Strikes Released From Prison
Shaye was the first to expose the US cruise missile attack on the Yemeni village of al-Majalah—the first Obama administration-approved attack in Yemen.
Jul 25, 2013 / Press Room
A Royal Pain A Royal Pain
Hilary Mantel helps me understand the mania over Kate and William’s baby boy.
Jul 24, 2013 / Leslie Savan
Jenny McCarthy’s Vaccination Fear-Mongering and the Cult of False Equivalence Jenny McCarthy’s Vaccination Fear-Mongering and the Cult of False Equivalence
By giving science deniers a public forum, media outlets implicitly condone their claims as legitimate.
Jul 22, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (7/19/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (7/19/13)
This week: the effects of climate change on animals, radical fundamentalists in Egypt, public space in the Internet age and insight into one of the most powerful committees in Amer...
Jul 19, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Apps (and Maps) to End Sexual Violence Apps (and Maps) to End Sexual Violence
The advent of smart phones and social media has generated applications, some of them free, to prevent sexual violence.
Jul 17, 2013 / Salamishah Tillet
The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies
Why, to Beltway reporters, Glenn Greenwald is no Bob Woodward.
Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Denier James Inhofe Google Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Denier James Inhofe
As Google and other tech giants gain weight in Washington, the gap between values and political value seems to be widening.
Jul 12, 2013 / Zoƫ Carpenter
Animating Black Bodies Animating Black Bodies
The Zimmerman defense animation will dehumanize a black youth; Fruitvale Station will humanize another.
Jul 12, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Peter Ludlow: Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 105 Years in Federal Prison? Peter Ludlow: Why Is Barrett Brown Facing 105 Years in Federal Prison?
The reporter has already spent 300 days behind bars. His crime? Daring to investigate the highly secretive world of private intelligence and military contractors.
Jul 11, 2013 / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers
What a country's treatment of its own citizens says about how it will treat non-citizens.
Jul 11, 2013 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions