Can Palestine’s Bid for UN Statehood Revive the National Movement? Can Palestine’s Bid for UN Statehood Revive the National Movement?
The PA’s bid could mark a definitive break from the failed Oslo paradigm, which has brought Palestinians neither peace nor a state.
Sep 14, 2011 / Graham Usher
Perry and Huntsman Agree: Get US Out of Afghanistan Perry and Huntsman Agree: Get US Out of Afghanistan
At last night's debate, the candidates agreed with Ron Paul that the United States needs to focus on needs at home.
Sep 13, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Kucinich on International Policy and its Relationship to the Economy Kucinich on International Policy and its Relationship to the Economy
The congressman argues that just as war and poverty are twins, so are peace and prosperity.
Sep 12, 2011 / C-SPAN and Dennis Kucinich
Congress Should Mark Anniversary of the ‘War on Terror’ by Deauthorizing It Congress Should Mark Anniversary of the ‘War on Terror’ by Deauthorizing It
Congresswoman Barbara Lee, the lone vote against authorizing the perpetual “war on terror,” is leading an effort to repeal it.
Sep 11, 2011 / John Nichols
The Rites and Rights of Citizenship The Rites and Rights of Citizenship
On Tuesday, ten years after I got my green card and ten years into the war on terror, I became a citizen of the United States. Why I did it.
Sep 9, 2011 / Moustafa Bayoumi
White House vs. Military Over the Iraq Endgame White House vs. Military Over the Iraq Endgame
The neocons, with strong support in Congress and the Pentagon, are fighting a rear-guard battle to extend a major US troop presence beyond this year. Can the peace movement head th...
Sep 8, 2011 / Tom Hayden
Will Obama Withdraw All but 3,000 Troops From Iraq by 2012? Will Obama Withdraw All but 3,000 Troops From Iraq by 2012?
Count me pleased, if not thrilled, by the scuttlebutt that President Obama plans to withdraw all but 3,000 troops from Iraq by the end of the year.
Sep 8, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Blowback in Somalia Blowback in Somalia
How US proxy wars helped create a militant Islamist threat.
Sep 7, 2011 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia Slide Show: Washington’s Proxy Wars in Somalia
Sep 7, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Ten Years After 9/11 Ten Years After 9/11
Selections from The Nation's archives illuminate the ten years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the way the US response has damaged more than it has healed.
Sep 6, 2011 / The Nation