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Russ Feingold on Egypt in Particular, Foreign Policy in General: US Can’t Back ‘Stable’ Dictators Who Sacrifice Human Rights Russ Feingold on Egypt in Particular, Foreign Policy in General: US Can’t Back ‘Stable’ Dictators Who Sacrifice Human Rights

With 18 years experience on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Russ Feingold “gets” the Middle East. He says the US must stop neglecting human rights in the name o...

Feb 4, 2011 / John Nichols

As Muslim Populations Double, Can Americans Conquer Islamophobia? As Muslim Populations Double, Can Americans Conquer Islamophobia?

Over the next twenty years Muslim population in the US will double. As the numbers increase, will levels of mutual understanding and respect do the same?

Feb 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Maria Kari

Battle of Cairo: Monday, Day 14 Battle of Cairo: Monday, Day 14

Exile for Mubarak in Germany for “health reasons”?

Feb 4, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss

No Prayers for David Kato No Prayers for David Kato

The Family, the secretive organization of evangelicals tied to extremist anti-gay legislation in Uganda, is refusing to pressure Ugandan lawmakers to drop the bill.

Feb 4, 2011 / Nancy Goldstein

This Week at TheNation.com: Egypt’s Moment. Plus: A New Online Editor. This Week at TheNation.com: Egypt’s Moment. Plus: A New Online Editor.

 Continuing coverage of Egypt's revolution.  Plus, TheNation.com gets a new editor.

Feb 4, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Obama Organizing Adviser Reflects on Arab Pro-Democracy Movement Obama Organizing Adviser Reflects on Arab Pro-Democracy Movement

A leading authority on social movements is encouraged by recent pro-democracy protests in Tunisia and Egypt.

Feb 4, 2011 / Ari Berman

The Safest Place in Egypt is Tahrir Square The Safest Place in Egypt is Tahrir Square

Democracy Now!'s Sharif Kouddous reports on the Egyptian "Day of Departure'" organized today to push President Hosni Mubarak closer to resignation.

Feb 4, 2011 / Democracy Now!

Democracy There, Democracy Here: Haiti Democracy There, Democracy Here: Haiti

As democracy proceeds in Egypt, the US works to contain it in Haiti.

Feb 4, 2011 / Greg Grandin

The Student Week Ahead The Student Week Ahead

A new weekly series highlighting the best in student events coast to coast.

Feb 4, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Why Egypt’s ‘Systematic’ Attack on Press Freedom Should Convince Obama He Can’t Work With the Regime Why Egypt’s ‘Systematic’ Attack on Press Freedom Should Convince Obama He Can’t Work With the Regime

The United States has for more than two centuries held that freedom of the press is an essential freedom. Now that the Egyptian regime has launched a systematic attack on journalis...

Feb 4, 2011 / John Nichols

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