Snapshot: Protesting Assassination in Moscow Snapshot: Protesting Assassination in Moscow
Russian protesters hold signs with the image of Boris Nemtsov, a prominent opposition leader murdered in Moscow on February 27. A physicist and former governor of Nizhny Novgorod province, Nemtsov was an ally of the late Russian president Boris Yeltsin. His body was found just blocks from the Kremlin, shot six times in the back.
Mar 3, 2015 / Sergei Karpukhin
The True Purpose of Netanyahu’s Trip to Washington The True Purpose of Netanyahu’s Trip to Washington
Hint: it’s not to pressure the US into striking a better deal with Iran.
Mar 3, 2015 / Juan Cole
Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part V, From the LA Riots to the Release of ‘Selma’ Race and Civil Rights in ‘The Nation’: Part V, From the LA Riots to the Release of ‘Selma’
A multimedia timeline presenting the history of the struggle for racial justice, from 1991 to 2015.
Mar 3, 2015 / The Nation
Administration Admits Vague Language in Obama’s AUMF Is ‘Very Deliberate’ Administration Admits Vague Language in Obama’s AUMF Is ‘Very Deliberate’
A top defense official says the lack of geographic limits was “very deliberate” and could be used to fight a worldwide war against “extremism.”
Mar 3, 2015 / George Zornick
10 Reasons I’m Praying for AIPAC’s Decline 10 Reasons I’m Praying for AIPAC’s Decline
The right-wing ‘pro-Israel’ lobby is slowly losing its bipartisan appeal. Here's why that's a good thing.
Mar 3, 2015 / Medea Benjamin and Foreign Policy In Focus
What I Learned From Breaking the Law What I Learned From Breaking the Law
In 1971, I helped burglarize an FBI office and leaked documents that exposed J. Edgar Hoover’s abuses of power. Here’s what that experience taught me.
Mar 3, 2015 / John Raines
Say It Ain’t So, Jeb Say It Ain’t So, Jeb
Jeb Bush’s "growth agenda" is not actually going to create growth.
Mar 3, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World Royal Dutch Shell Wants to Look for Oil in the Most Dangerous Drilling Environment in the World
An ice-choked ocean, tens of thousands of whales, no proven technology in case of emergency and a mission for oil: what could possibly go wrong?
Mar 3, 2015 / Subhankar Banerjee
March 3, 1923: The First Issue of ‘Time’ Magazine Is Published March 3, 1923: The First Issue of ‘Time’ Magazine Is Published
Disgruntled former employee Dwight Macdonald took to The Nation to gripe about the mainstream magazine’s crusade against “windy bias.”
Mar 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex We Need a Leader With a Superiority Complex
If you don’t think we’re better than the rest of the planet, what are you doing in office?
Mar 3, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow