How to Help in the Gulf How to Help in the Gulf
A guide to volunteering and to taking political action to make another spill less likely.
Jun 21, 2010 / Peter Rothberg
Slide Show: A New Iraq Tethered by Old Legacies Slide Show: A New Iraq Tethered by Old Legacies
In April 2010, Human Rights Watch researcher Samer Muscati traveled across Iraq to assess the human rights situation seven years after US and Coalition forces invaded the country.
Jun 21, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Goodbye Keynes, Hello Hoover Goodbye Keynes, Hello Hoover
Deficits are the cure, not the disease.
Jun 21, 2010 / William Greider
‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars ‘I Was Scared to Sleep’: LGBT Youth Face Violence Behind Bars
Across the US, the juvenile justice system sends queer youth to prison in disproportionate numbers, fails to protect them from violence while they're inside and condones attempts t...
Jun 21, 2010 / Daniel Redman
Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting Leading Cornell Doctor Performing Genital Cutting
Who’d have thought a celebrated Ivy League medical center would be practicing genital cutting on small children?
Jun 21, 2010 / StudentNation / Carrie Battan
The Unexpected Winning Issue for Democrats: Healthcare The Unexpected Winning Issue for Democrats: Healthcare
New polling suggests a vote for healthcare reform will be a political positive for Democrats in competitive House and Senate races.
Jun 21, 2010 / John Nichols
Gaza: End of the Siege? Gaza: End of the Siege?
Israel's clumsy attack on a Turkish aid flotilla for Gaza has now backfired completely. Will Obama push Netanyahu harder? They meet July 6.
Jun 21, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Save Pell Save Pell
Implore Congress to maintain Pell Grant funding.
Jun 20, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation
Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan Obama Administration Keeping Blackwater Armed and Dangerous in Afghanistan
Indictments, investigations and scandals have not stopped the State Department from giving Blackwater another $120 million contract for "diplomatic security" in Afghanist...
Jun 19, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
The Kids Are Just Fine, Thanks The Kids Are Just Fine, Thanks
The organization that funded research bashing donor conception fights against marriage rights for same-sex couples. Should what they say about non-traditional families be trusted?
Jun 18, 2010 / Emily Douglas