‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Whistleblower?’: White House Targets ‘Insider Threats’ Among Federal Workers ‘Are You Now or Have You Ever Been a Whistleblower?’: White House Targets ‘Insider Threats’ Among Federal Workers
New protocols seek to identify potential whistleblowers and to monitor all contacts with journalists. What happens to the public's right to know?
Jan 6, 2011 / John Nichols
Quote of the Day: ‘Blasphemer’ Quote of the Day: ‘Blasphemer’
Quote of the day from a group of 500 Pakistani "religious scholars."
Jan 6, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire Freedom Fighters for a Fading Empire
What it means when Obama says we have the world’s finest fighting force.
Jan 6, 2011 / William J. Astore
Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies Arizona Official Orders Tucson to Shut Down Ethnic Studies
New school superintendent gives the city sixty days to terminate ethnic studies program.
Jan 6, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Kabuki Democracy—and How to Fix It Kabuki Democracy—and How to Fix It
Obama's election was not the game changer progressives hoped for. For that, we need to remake our democracy's rules.
Jan 5, 2011 / Feature / Eric Alterman
The End of New Deal Liberalism The End of New Deal Liberalism
When the Democratic Party fails to use government’s extensive powers to reverse economic disorder, it must be the end of the line for the governing ideology inherited from Ro...
Jan 5, 2011 / Feature / William Greider
Former CIA Asset Luis Posada Goes to Trial Former CIA Asset Luis Posada Goes to Trial
The Cuban exile has a long record of terror, but his trial, starting today, is on lesser charges.
Jan 5, 2011 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia Trakt Marks: On Ian Frazier’s Siberia
Like Siberia itself, Ian Frazier's Travels in Siberia seems simply to drift off into the distance.
Jan 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
A Secret Archive: On the Mexican Suitcase A Secret Archive: On the Mexican Suitcase
The 4,500 images in the recently discovered Mexican Suitcase deepen our understanding of photojournalism as well as the complexities of the Spanish Civil War.
Jan 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Dan Kaufman
The Year in Movies The Year in Movies
The highlights of 2010 included Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, Jeff Malmberg's Marwencol and the twenty-fifth-anniversary rerelease of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah.
Jan 5, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans