Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders Jeremy Scahill Talks Minerals, Wikileaks and Blackwater with Laura Flanders
In the market for a private army? Jeremy Scahill says you can probably buy Blackwater from Erik Prince for cheap.
Jun 15, 2010 / GRITtv
Petraeus Faints: Wonder Why? Petraeus Faints: Wonder Why?
General Petraeus keeled over at today's Senate hearing on Afghanistan. Was it the London School of Economics that did him in?
Jun 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Far-Right Angle? Far-Right Angle?
Washington editor Christopher Hayes on The Rachel Maddow Show discussing the GOP’s zany campaign tactics and attempts to mask Sharron Angle’s absurdly far-right sta...
Jun 15, 2010 / Press Room
Trillion-Dollar War Trillion-Dollar War
The war in Afghanistan might cost the United States a trillion dollars. Now we find out that it's worth it: Afghanistan has a trillion dollars worth of mineral wealth under it...
Jun 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates? Is Blackwater’s Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates?
With Blackwater's top deputies indicted on federal charges and the company up for sale, rumors are swirling that Prince is preparing to bolt to a country with no extradition treaty...
Jun 15, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
Exceptional Women in Publishing 2010 Exceptional Women in Publishing 2010
My remarks on receiving the EWIP award.
Jun 15, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV.
Jun 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman? Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell: The Year of the Woman?
Katrina vanden Heuvel and Melissa Harris-Lacewell join host Laura Flanders in studio to kick off The Nation on Grit TV. This week: the victories of Carly Fiorina and Meg Whit...
Jun 14, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace Smart Pressure on Obama to Do More for Middle East Peace
It is not often that a candidate in a tight US Senate race says something significant about the Middle East peace process—or the lack of a process. Pennsylvania Democrat Joe ...
Jun 14, 2010 / John Nichols
Arkansas’s Incomplete Uprising Arkansas’s Incomplete Uprising
Yes, Blanche Lincoln won her primary. But consider this: a lieutenant governor supported by unions, environmental groups and the netroots came within a few points of defeating...
Jun 14, 2010 / Karen Nussbaum