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Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?

Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster? Is This Part of Ukraine on the Brink of Ecological Disaster?

Climate change is destroying Odessa’s famed Kuyalnik Estuary, where health tourists and war refugees live side by side.

Oct 28, 2014 / Dimiter Kenarov

76 Years Ago: Fairy Tales of the Economic Family, Recovering From Munich, a Letter From an Arab Communist

76 Years Ago: Fairy Tales of the Economic Family, Recovering From Munich, a Letter From an Arab Communist 76 Years Ago: Fairy Tales of the Economic Family, Recovering From Munich, a Letter From an Arab Communist

Snippets from The Nation of October 29, 1938.

Oct 27, 2014 / Back Issues and Richard Kreitner

Why Do We Keep Thanking the Troops?

Why Do We Keep Thanking the Troops? Why Do We Keep Thanking the Troops?

Rather than honoring their “valor” and “heroism,” we should prevent them from killing and dying in pointless wars.

Oct 27, 2014 / Rory Fanning

Why the Left Continues to Win in Latin America

Why the Left Continues to Win in Latin America Why the Left Continues to Win in Latin America

Red flags are flying in Uruguay and Brazil.

Oct 27, 2014 / Greg Grandin

Massacre in Mexico

Massacre in Mexico Massacre in Mexico

The murder of students in Guerrero is raising questions once again about the complicity of law enforcement and public officials in Mexico's drug wars.

Oct 24, 2014 / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus

Beltway Foreign Policy Groups to Congress: Stay Out of the Way on Iran!

Beltway Foreign Policy Groups to Congress: Stay Out of the Way on Iran! Beltway Foreign Policy Groups to Congress: Stay Out of the Way on Iran!

Congress may lean hawkish but progressive groups in the beltway are throwing their weight behind the White House’s efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement on Iran’s nuc...

Oct 24, 2014 / Eli Clifton

It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism

It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism

To believe that our nation has always been exceptional requires a suppression of ordinary skepticism and a belief that calls for extraordinary arrogance.

Oct 24, 2014 / David Bromwich

The Anti-Socialist Origins of Big Data

The Anti-Socialist Origins of Big Data The Anti-Socialist Origins of Big Data

The genesis for the data-driven society of today can be traced to socialist Chile in the 1970s.

Oct 23, 2014 / Greg Grandin

Terror, Repression and Diaspora: The Baby Doc Legacy in Haiti

Terror, Repression and Diaspora: The Baby Doc Legacy in Haiti Terror, Repression and Diaspora: The Baby Doc Legacy in Haiti

The country's late dictator leaves behind a 1-million-strong diaspora unlikely to ever return home.

Oct 23, 2014 / Nathalie Baptiste and Foreign Policy In Focus

On the Reappearance of Kim Jong-un On the Reappearance of Kim Jong-un

At last there was a glimpse of Kim. And he looked fit, though still not slim. For some, the sight of Kim was grim: They’d hoped they’d seen the back of him.

Oct 22, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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