Immaculate Criticism: The Beltway Hops Aboard Leon Panetta’s Book Tour Immaculate Criticism: The Beltway Hops Aboard Leon Panetta’s Book Tour
Eric on The New Yorker Festival and Reed on the lazy Beltway boosterism of Leon Panetta's new book.
Oct 14, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Why Baby Doc’s Death Doesn’t Mark the End of Haiti’s Duvalier Era Why Baby Doc’s Death Doesn’t Mark the End of Haiti’s Duvalier Era
Corruption in Haiti is still rampant—and the US-backed regime of President Michel Martelly still uses the political toolbox developed by the Duvaliers to control the country....
Oct 14, 2014 / Amy Wilentz
Why American Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail Why American Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail
For a foreign occupying force to create a unified and effective army from a disunified and disaffected populace was (and remains) a fool’s errand.
Oct 14, 2014 / William J. Astore
Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t Before Ebola, Health Officials Thought the Age of Epidemics Was Over—It Wasn’t
How the WHO’s blindness and Western biases let the Ebola epidemic run wild.
Oct 10, 2014 / Annie Sparrow
This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize Winners Are Radicals—and That’s a Good Thing This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize Winners Are Radicals—and That’s a Good Thing
Don’t overlook the fact that Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai have challenged economic and political elites, including multinational corporations and President Obama.
Oct 10, 2014 / John Nichols
Edward Snowden Speaks: A Sneak Peek at an Exclusive Interview Edward Snowden Speaks: A Sneak Peek at an Exclusive Interview
We recently met with the courageous whistleblower for over three hours in Moscow for a wide-ranging conversation on surveillance, technology and politics.
Oct 10, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead ‘The New York Times’ Wants Gary Webb to Stay Dead
Many journalists went after Webb, destroying his reputation and driving him out of the profession and into a suicidal depression. Now they’re at it again.
Oct 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
The Malalas You Don’t See The Malalas You Don’t See
The Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban has rightly captured the world’s attention. But what about the invisible child victims of US drones?
Oct 10, 2014 / Sarah Waheed
Ferguson, Human Rights and America’s Interests Abroad Ferguson, Human Rights and America’s Interests Abroad
History suggests that progress in racial justice comes only when American leaders see it as crucial to US geopolitical interests.
Oct 9, 2014 / Moshik Temkin
Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully? Can China Pacify Its Restive Minorities Peacefully?
Beijing is experimenting with "soft power" approaches, but brute force remains an omnipresent threat.
Oct 9, 2014 / Piero Sarmiento and Foreign Policy In Focus