Who Gets Blamed for Globalization? Who Gets Blamed for Globalization?
The recent victories of the right-wing, anti-immigrant United Kingdom Independence Party says more about our scapegoats than about its long-term prospects.
May 8, 2013 / Column / Gary Younge
An Interview With Julian Assange An Interview With Julian Assange
Corporate totalitarianism is spreading rapidly, and it’s not just Assange or Manning they want. It is all who dare to defy the official narrative.
May 8, 2013 / Chris Hedges
US-Russia Peace Conference for Syria US-Russia Peace Conference for Syria
It just might work. But the bombs-away crowd isn’t happy.
May 8, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail? Can Mubarak’s Cronies Buy Their Way Out of Jail?
Egypt’s reconciliation process has been lauded as restoring confidence to outside investors. But others say it amounts to impunity for the rich.
May 7, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection When the Time Is Right, America Needs Protection
How else would we be safe?
May 7, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
After Years of Pressure, the UN Adopts an Arms Trade Treaty After Years of Pressure, the UN Adopts an Arms Trade Treaty
But will weak protections against human rights abuses undermine the treaty’s intent?
May 7, 2013 / Catherine Defontaine
The Last Empire? The Last Empire?
Our twenty-first-century, American-dictated, unipolar moment is a planetary time bomb.
May 7, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Israel’s Bombs Invite Obama to Join a War Against Syria Israel’s Bombs Invite Obama to Join a War Against Syria
The president needs to seek a cease-fire and a political accord.
May 6, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (5/3/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (5/3/2013)
This week, Nation interns look back on May Days past, Western imperialism present (but ignored) and the tech world of the future.
May 3, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left On the Raft of the Medusa: Italy’s Left
Hopes for a progressive government failed, thanks to suicidal divisions among the center-left and Beppe Grillo’s demagogic posturing.
May 3, 2013 / Frederika Randall