Forgetting Afghanistan Forgetting Afghanistan
It's not hard to understand why Americans want to forget all about Afghanistan. But remembering the war would demand a necessary reckoning.
Oct 20, 2010 / Column / Gary Younge
The New Civic Activism in Russia The New Civic Activism in Russia
Indifference and suspicion might be as much to blame as authoritarianism for Russia's lack of democracy. That's why an uptick in local-level civic engagement is welcome news.
Oct 20, 2010 / Feature / Vadim Nikitin
Can Karzai Cut Pakistan Out of a Deal With the Taliban? No Can Karzai Cut Pakistan Out of a Deal With the Taliban? No
The Afghan president also faces armed resistance to a Taliban deal from his erstwhile allies in the old, anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, who are rearing and preparing for civil war...
Oct 20, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Conversation: Stephen Cohen on the Survivors of Stalin’s Gulag Conversation: Stephen Cohen on the Survivors of Stalin’s Gulag
According to Cohen, half of Russia looks back to Joseph Stalin as a great leader and the other half as a genocidal murderer. In his new book, he examines the ongoing struggle to ...
Oct 19, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Nation on Grit TV
Islam on Trial Islam on Trial
The opportunity for Muslims and non-Muslims to function in a peaceful, democratic co-existence is not a far-fetched dream.
Oct 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Maria Kari
Sherrod Brown Seeing ‘Reds’ Over China Trade Sherrod Brown Seeing ‘Reds’ Over China Trade
A liberal Ohio senator uses an unfortunate baseball analogy.
Oct 18, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
A World Made by War A World Made by War
How old will you be when the American war state goes down?
Oct 18, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Could WikiLeaks Have Prevented 9/11? Former FBI Agent Says Yes Could WikiLeaks Have Prevented 9/11? Former FBI Agent Says Yes
When officials refuse to act, whistleblowers need "a safety valve."
Oct 17, 2010 / Jon Wiener
Palestine: Ambassador Warns That Time Is Running Out for Two-State Solution Palestine: Ambassador Warns That Time Is Running Out for Two-State Solution
Only two years left before Palestinians may give up on the idea. What's left? A single, binational state.
Oct 15, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Labour’s Identity Crisis Labour’s Identity Crisis
The Labour Party's biggest challenge is the lack of a credible alternative to the Conservative-Liberal narrative of crisis and austerity.
Oct 14, 2010 / D.D. Guttenplan