The American Civil War Still Being Fought The American Civil War Still Being Fought
Some dispute the role of slavery as the central cause of the war, but we remain prisoners of the past if we do not face this fact.
Dec 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill
Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...
Dec 21, 2010 / Laura Flanders
The Great Islamophobic Crusade The Great Islamophobic Crusade
Inside the bizarre cabal of secretive donors, demagogic bloggers, pseudo-scholars, European neo-fascists, violent Israeli settlers and Republican presidential hopefuls behind the n...
Dec 21, 2010 / Max Blumenthal
Fighting Back for Workers’ Rights Fighting Back for Workers’ Rights
As we finish our last-minute holiday shopping, we shouldn't forget the great sacrifices of the workers who make the products we buy and the work still to be done to create safe wo...
Dec 21, 2010 / Edgar Romney
Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid? Is Obama Really the New Comeback Kid?
Left for dead after the 2010 elections, Barack Obama is now the media's new comeback kid. But let's wait and see what that "comeback" actually entails.
Dec 21, 2010 / Ari Berman
Senate Majority Supports the New START Treaty Senate Majority Supports the New START Treaty
With a bipartisan 67 to 28 vote in favor of the US-Russia nuclear arms agreement, the New START treaty now moves on to a final vote tomorrow.
Dec 21, 2010 / Press Room
Quote of the Day: CENTCOM’s “Master Plan” Quote of the Day: CENTCOM’s “Master Plan”
Quote of the Day The US air force base at Bagram, Afghanistan, is “the centerpiece for the CENTCOM Master Plan for future access to and operations in Central Asia.” --Admiral Mike Mullen, testifying last year on Afghanistan, quoted today in the Washington Post by Walter Pincus, who writes of the multi-billion dollar cost of the war, including an estimated $6 billion a year for decades to sustain Afghanistan’s army and police. Once they exist. (Did you know CENTCOM had a “Master Plan?”) Like this Blog Post? Read it on get the Nation's free iPhone App, NationNow.
Dec 21, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Jonathan Schell: What Will Happen if the Senate Fails to Pass the New START Treaty? Jonathan Schell: What Will Happen if the Senate Fails to Pass the New START Treaty?
What will the consequences be if the Senate doesn't pass the START treaty today?
Dec 21, 2010 / Democracy Now!
Invading Pakistan? The Worst Idea Yet Invading Pakistan? The Worst Idea Yet
From dumb to dumber in Afghanistan: the US military wants to use Special Forces to invade Pakistan.
Dec 21, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter Haley Barbour is No Martin Luther King or Even Jimmy Carter
Short observations on the Jim Crow-era White Citizens Councils.
Dec 21, 2010 / Eric Alterman