Obama’s Regime-Change Policy in Syria Obama’s Regime-Change Policy in Syria
When you’re a superpower, you can do anything you want to, it seems.
Aug 13, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
On the Ground in Zabadani, a Syrian Town in Revolt On the Ground in Zabadani, a Syrian Town in Revolt
Seventeen months since the Syrian revolution began, residents of this town have grown grimly accustomed to a daily routine of indiscriminate violence.
Aug 13, 2012 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Dave Zirin: The Human Cost of Olympic Gold Dave Zirin: The Human Cost of Olympic Gold
Either by oppression or by poverty, China and the United States use any means to get the gold.
Aug 10, 2012 / Press Room
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12)
Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Aug 9, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War
The election year outsourcing that no one is talking about.
Aug 9, 2012 / Nick Turse
Pussy Riot and the Two Russias Pussy Riot and the Two Russias
Three members of Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism. Their protests sparked a wave of support for freedom of speech and human rights among Russians.
Aug 8, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fatherland: On Héctor Abad Faciolince Fatherland: On Héctor Abad Faciolince
Oblivion re-creates the life of one of the many innocent victims of the Colombian conflict.
Aug 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Volpi
Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs? Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs?
More than 100 activists are traveling from the Mexican border to Washington, DC, to push the US to reconsider failed drug policies.
Aug 7, 2012 / Tom Hayden
The Hunger Wars in Our Future The Hunger Wars in Our Future
The summer of 2012 has been one of heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest.
Aug 7, 2012 / Michael T. Klare
Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’ Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’
The writer lacerates Israel in an op-ed, but that doesn’t make the paper a bastion of anti-Zionism.
Aug 6, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss