Obama’s Expanding Covert Wars Obama’s Expanding Covert Wars
The Obama administration has dramatically expanded the use of special operations forces across the globe, from Iran to Bolivia to Yemen. They've been "empowered more under thi...
Jun 4, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
The BP Oil Disaster: Bringing it All Back Home The BP Oil Disaster: Bringing it All Back Home
Having trouble picturing the extent of the damage? This website pours it all over your address.
Jun 4, 2010 / Katha Pollitt
The Breakdown: On ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal, What Are We Waiting For? The Breakdown: On ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Repeal, What Are We Waiting For?
Last month, the House of Representatives took steps toward repealing the military's discriminatory DADT policy, pending the results of a Pentagon study on the issue. But what impac...
Jun 4, 2010 / Chris Hayes
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
On New Hampshire, Young Boozer and the failure to learn.
Jun 4, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Flotilla Video as Weapon Flotilla Video as Weapon
Could it be that what is actually missing from this debate might be even-handed coverage and logic?
Jun 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Gaza: It’s Not About Anti-Semitism Gaza: It’s Not About Anti-Semitism
Netanyahu and the neocons are playing the anti-Semitism card. That's ugly. But it's time for Hamas to change course, too, and to support the two-state solution.
Jun 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
SC Students Rally for Clean Energy SC Students Rally for Clean Energy
Winthrop U. students are demanding clean energy plans from their gubernatorial candidates -- not more calls for offshore drilling.
Jun 4, 2010 / StudentNation / The Nation
Downsizing Democracy in California Downsizing Democracy in California
California voters will decide next Tuesday whether to narrow their choices at election time.
Jun 4, 2010 / John Nichols
Martin Espada on the Worst Call in Baseball History Martin Espada on the Worst Call in Baseball History
That most exotic of baseball specimens—the perfect game—was yanked away from Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga by first base umpire Jim Joyce. As if the city o...
Jun 4, 2010 / Dave Zirin
Israel’s Illegal Strangulation Israel’s Illegal Strangulation
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill and former New York Mayor Ed Koch debate the legality of the Israeli assault on the Gaza aid flotilla and the Israeli government's impunity.
Jun 3, 2010 / MSNBC