Today’s GOP Is Out of Sync With Cuban-Americans Today’s GOP Is Out of Sync With Cuban-Americans
Even after more than a decade, the GOP’s position on relations with Cuba hasn’t changed.
Apr 21, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We Need a New US-Russia Détente We Need a New US-Russia Détente
What will it take to repair US-Russian relations?
Apr 20, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born
Notoriously prickly about his press, Hitler wrote in to complain about a minor factual discrepancy.
Apr 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years How NBC Knowingly Let Syria Rebels’ False War Propaganda Stand For Years
Not correcting the story of Richard Engel’s kidnapping is worse than the Brian Williams scandal.
Apr 17, 2015 / Ali Gharib
April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs
“If they fail,” The Nation warned many months in advance, “the United States will lose face in an almost irreparable way.”
Apr 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Alternative to Minsk II Is War The Alternative to Minsk II Is War
Stephen Cohen talks to John Batchelor about what will happen if Minsk II fails.
Apr 16, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen
Our Man in Panama: How Obama’s Summitry Could Change Relations With Latin America Our Man in Panama: How Obama’s Summitry Could Change Relations With Latin America
The president’s rapprochement with Raúl Castro is a crucial step in overcoming the long history of US intervention in the region.
Apr 16, 2015 / Peter Kornbluh
Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis? Is California’s Drought Part of a Global Water Crisis?
According to NASA scientist Jay Famiglietti, some of the world’s most unstable regions will face their own severe water shortages in the near future.
Apr 16, 2015 / Leighton Akio Woodhouse
Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory
On the war’s 50th anniversary, peace activists will be challenging the Pentagon’s whitewashed history.
Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling Five Years After the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, BP’s Most Vulnerable Victims Are Still Struggling
BP agreed to a $7.8 billion settlement, but still hasn’t paid out most Gulf Coast businesses.
Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Katy Reckdahl