Quote of the Day: Karzai Quote of the Day: Karzai
When is a stooge not a stooge?
Dec 13, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Democrats Attack WikiLeaks or Remain Silent, but Republican Ron Paul Says: ‘State Secrecy Is Anathema to a Free Society’ Democrats Attack WikiLeaks or Remain Silent, but Republican Ron Paul Says: ‘State Secrecy Is Anathema to a Free Society’
Republican Congressman says: "We should view the Wikileaks controversy in the larger context of American foreign policy. Rather than worry about the disclosure of embarrassing...
Dec 11, 2010 / John Nichols
WikiLeaking Covert Wars WikiLeaking Covert Wars
The latest WikiLeaks dump has corroborated, in part, what sources recently told The Nation about covert military actions in over seventy-five countries.
Dec 9, 2010 / Jeremy Scahill
GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang GOP Monkey-Wrench Gang
If Obama is looking for a reason to scale back his foreign policy ambitions, the GOP takeover of the House is the perfect excuse.
Dec 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
A New Model for Mexico A New Model for Mexico
The problem with the drug war in Mexico is not that it's unfunded. It's unwinnable.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Laura Carlsen
As Juárez Falls As Juárez Falls
The killing in Juárez bears less resemblance to warfare between cartels than to criminal anarchy.
Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Ed Vulliamy
Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism Take the Back Seat: On Chinese Consumerism
Can the world sustain a country the size of China with an appetite for the good things in life on par with America's?
Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Richard McGregor
Kilito’s Way: On Abdelfattah Kilito Kilito’s Way: On Abdelfattah Kilito
In The Clash of Images Abdelfattah Kilito creates a touching portrait of a young man coming of age in French-occupied Morocco.
Dec 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Laila Lalami
A Flood of Drone Strikes A Flood of Drone Strikes
What the WikiLeaks revelations tell us about how Washington runs Pakistan.
Dec 9, 2010 / Fatima Bhutto
From Jefferson To Assange From Jefferson To Assange
It is outrageous for any journalist, or respecter of what every American president has claimed is our inalienable, God-given right to a free press, not to join in Assange’s d...
Dec 8, 2010 / Robert Scheer