Iran Blowback? Iran Blowback?
Be careful what you wish for--that might be the catch phrase for American relations with Iran since the CIA helped overthrow the elected government of that country in 1953 and inst...
Sep 19, 2007 / TomDispatch
The Mercenary Factor The Mercenary Factor
Who elected Blackwater and other hired guns to rule the world? The banning of Blackwater in Iraq sheds more light on the checkbook imperialism fueling Bush's state of perpetual war...
Sep 19, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen
He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In ...
Sep 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Good Muslim Immigrants Good Muslim Immigrants
Here's an interesting -- and not always in a good way -- article from Der Spiegel on American Muslims. Its thesis is that American Muslims have responded in a positive and potentia...
Sep 18, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death? Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death?
To the Editor of The Nation:
Sep 18, 2007 / The Nation
Scholarships Happen Scholarships Happen
He's back. Having apparently spent sufficient time with his family since being sacked, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is battling to rebuild his disgraced image. In P...
Sep 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice
President Bush's nominee to succeed the most lamentable Attorney General of the United States since Warren Harding's scandal-plagued accomplice, Harry M. Daugherty, is undoubtedly...
Sep 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Blackwater Banned Blackwater Banned
Nation correspondent Jeremy Scahill explains in this September 17 CNN interview the story behind the Iraqi government's decision to ban Blackwater USA, following an incident in wh...
Sep 18, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill
The Shock Doctrine The Shock Doctrine
In this VideoNation report, Nation columnist Naomi Klein explains how after 9/11 the Bush Administration launched a new security economy, driven by the notion of an endless war aga...
Sep 18, 2007 / Naomi Klein and Laura Hanna
Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes Little Disturbances, Enormous Changes
Remembering Grace Paley and the impact she had on literature, activism and many generations of women and children.
Sep 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kathy Engel