Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President Democrats Have a Unique Constitutional Duty to Check, Balance the President
Members of the party of a sitting president have a higher responsibility to raise constitutional concerns about drone policy.
Feb 10, 2013 / John Nichols
President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And … President Obama Should Go to Chicago. And Yemen. And Pakistan. And …
The president should condemn violence at home, and hold himself accountable for violence abroad, as well.
Feb 8, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Altercation Extra: This is Forbes Journalism? My Complete E-mail Correspondence with Mr. Richard Behar of Forbes Magazine Altercation Extra: This is Forbes Journalism? My Complete E-mail Correspondence with Mr. Richard Behar of Forbes Magazine
An article on the Brooklyn College BDS debate sparks a biting e-mail exchange with an angry reader.
Feb 8, 2013 / Eric Alterman
Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder? Jeremy Scahill: Why Did the Senate Let John Brennan Get Away With Murder?
Jeremy Scahill rips apart the hearings for Obama’s “assassination czar.”
Feb 8, 2013 / Press Room
Is the International Student Movement the Future of Global Organizing? Is the International Student Movement the Future of Global Organizing?
What does it mean to be a member of the "International Student Movement"?
Feb 8, 2013 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell and StudentNation
America’s Global Torture Network America’s Global Torture Network
A new Open Society Foundations report details just how far down the river we've sold this country's democratic values in our overreaching response to terror.
Feb 8, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Judith Butler’s Remarks to Brooklyn College on BDS Judith Butler’s Remarks to Brooklyn College on BDS
Despite a campaign to silence them, philosophers Judith Butler and Omar Barghouti spoke at Brooklyn College on Thursday night. In an exclusive, The Nation presents the text of Butl...
Feb 7, 2013 / Judith Butler
Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today Nine Things John Brennan Needs to Explain Today
No Congressional hearing has examined the secret expansion of targeted drone killings, but the senate has a chance to grill Obama's nominee for CIA director today.
Feb 7, 2013 / George Zornick
The US-Canada Border’s Constitution-Free Zone The US-Canada Border’s Constitution-Free Zone
Drones, surveillance towers, malls of the spy state and the national security police on the northern border.
Feb 7, 2013 / Todd Miller
Leo Gerard Is Rising Leo Gerard Is Rising
To send labor supporters into their final week of preparing for One Billion Rising, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard recorded this special video message.
Feb 6, 2013 / Laura Flanders