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Is USAID Helping Haiti to Recover, or US Contractors to Make Millions?

Is USAID Helping Haiti to Recover, or US Contractors to Make Millions? Is USAID Helping Haiti to Recover, or US Contractors to Make Millions?

The international community pledged enough aid to give every Haitian a check for $1,000. The money went elsewhere.

Jan 21, 2015 / Jake Johnston

The Best Foreign Policy News From SOTU? No Iran Sanctions

The Best Foreign Policy News From SOTU? No Iran Sanctions The Best Foreign Policy News From SOTU? No Iran Sanctions

President Obama’s speech was a mixed bag for progressives on foreign policy.

Jan 21, 2015 / Ali Gharib

Greece May Be About to Elect Europe’s First Left-Wing Government

Greece May Be About to Elect Europe’s First Left-Wing Government Greece May Be About to Elect Europe’s First Left-Wing Government

The Syriza party is poised to win Greece’s snap elections on an anti-austerity platform.

Jan 21, 2015 / Feature / Dimitris Bounias

Rigoberta Menchú Vindicated

Rigoberta Menchú Vindicated Rigoberta Menchú Vindicated

Finally, after thirty-five years, the Guatemalan military is being held responsible for murdering forty Mayan peasants.

Jan 21, 2015 / Greg Grandin

Gaza’s Labor Unrest Is Reaching a Boiling Point

Gaza’s Labor Unrest Is Reaching a Boiling Point Gaza’s Labor Unrest Is Reaching a Boiling Point

As the unity government wrangles over management of the devastated Gaza Strip, government workers are striking for their overdue wages.

Jan 20, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Charlie Hebd’overload

Charlie Hebd’overload Charlie Hebd’overload

The week when everyone forgot the definition of irony.

Jan 20, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

US Special Forces in Sudan

US Special Operations Forces Are in More Countries Than You Can Imagine US Special Operations Forces Are in More Countries Than You Can Imagine

What do you know about the special forces carrying out a secret war in more than half the nations on the planet?

Jan 20, 2015 / Nick Turse

Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD

Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD Egypt’s Revolutionary Artist Takes On the NYPD

Ganzeer’s new show opens today in New York.

Jan 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Ali Gharib

What ‘The Interview’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About US Policy Toward North Korea

What ‘The Interview’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About US Policy Toward North Korea What ‘The Interview’ Gets Right—and Wrong—About US Policy Toward North Korea

The film perpetuates America’s myth of itself as the guardian of global peace. But in reality, it’s the United States that has too hastily escalated sanctions.

Jan 16, 2015 / Suki Kim

It’s 1983 All Over Again in Ukraine

It’s 1983 All Over Again in Ukraine It’s 1983 All Over Again in Ukraine

The Nation's Stephen Cohen tells John Batchelor why the latest violence in Ukraine reminds him of the early eighties.

Jan 15, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

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