How the War With ISIS Has Exposed Kurdistan’s Internal Divisions How the War With ISIS Has Exposed Kurdistan’s Internal Divisions
The West’s favorite Iraq “success story,” the Kurdish region is actually plagued with corruption and nepotism.
Apr 6, 2015 / Jenna Krajeski
The Least Among Us: The War in the Donbas Is Terrorizing Ukraine’s Most Vulnerable Citizens The Least Among Us: The War in the Donbas Is Terrorizing Ukraine’s Most Vulnerable Citizens
The Western media have forgotten those who have suffered the most in the Ukrainian civil war—the eastern Ukrainians.
Apr 6, 2015 / James Carden
Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students? Fields of Toxic Pesticides Surround the Schools of Ventura County—Are They Poisoning the Students?
In some of California’s most heavily Latino communities, going to school can be a health hazard.
Apr 6, 2015 / Liza Gross
A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son) A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son)
Reliving distant memories of the 1950s, in The Nation’s archives and in Cuba.
Apr 6, 2015 / Back Issues
April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens April 6, 1896: The First Modern Olympics Open in Athens
The Games arrived, The Nation reported, “at a time when the frivolous policy of the best of Greek statesmen has landed the Greek kingdom in the slough of bankruptcy, and done the w...
Apr 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
This Is the Last Thing Putin Wanted This Is the Last Thing Putin Wanted
What are the Kremlin's true intentions in Ukraine?
Apr 6, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo Begins April 5, 1992: The Siege of Sarajevo Begins
"The shared experience of being, along with the city’s inhabitants, a sort of dead man on leave," Christopher Hitchens wrote, "makes for leveling of the more j...
Apr 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King Jr. Is Assassinated
“You have to weep for this country.”
Apr 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Horrifying Blowback in Kenya Horrifying Blowback in Kenya
This is only the latest in a string of terror attacks since Kenya invaded Somalia in 2011.
Apr 3, 2015 / Karen Rothmyer
Even the Government’s Own Accountability Office Found Major Flaws in US Guestworker Programs Even the Government’s Own Accountability Office Found Major Flaws in US Guestworker Programs
Will the Labor Department's much-delayed new rules for the H2-B visa program strengthen protections for immigrant workers?
Apr 3, 2015 / Michelle Chen