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Chilean Students Run For Congress Chilean Students Run For Congress

Several former Chilean student leaders are capitalizing on their high approval ratings to run for Congress and challenge Chile binomial voting system.

Apr 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson and StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13)

Gender segmentation still prevails in the workplace, the greenery of West Virginia hides the scars of strip mining and Canada's border service holds off on capturing terror sus...

Apr 28, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Obama: Stay Out of Syria!

Obama: Stay Out of Syria! Obama: Stay Out of Syria!

The answer is diplomacy, not war.

Apr 26, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss

Jeremy Scahill: Liberal Support Allowed Obama to Expand Bush’s Interrogation Program

Jeremy Scahill: Liberal Support Allowed Obama to Expand Bush’s Interrogation Program Jeremy Scahill: Liberal Support Allowed Obama to Expand Bush’s Interrogation Program

Contrary to popular belief, the president has only increased the scope of our global program to detain and torture people.

Apr 24, 2013 / Press Room

Inside America’s Dirty Wars

Inside America’s Dirty Wars Inside America’s Dirty Wars

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

Apr 24, 2013 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill

Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis

Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis Jordan’s Invisible Refugee Crisis

After fleeing violence at home, Syrians struggle to eke out a new life in Jordan’s cities and towns.

Apr 24, 2013 / Feature / Elizabeth Whitman

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy) The Reluctant Fundamentalist (and the Journalist Spy)

Mira Nair's latest film includes a character who's a journalist and CIA agent. Is this responsible filmmaking?

Apr 24, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

Terror in Texas

Terror in Texas Terror in Texas

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

Apr 24, 2013 / Richard Kim

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes Washington’s Response to 9/11: Torture, Disappearances, War Crimes

That’s the unanimous conclusion of a nonpartisan task force. It should teach us not to overreact to the Boston bombings.

Apr 24, 2013 / David Cole

Is There a Chechen Connection to the Boston Bombings?

Is There a Chechen Connection to the Boston Bombings? Is There a Chechen Connection to the Boston Bombings?

It appears the Tsarnaev brothers were self-motivated. But their Salafist extremism was itself one outgrowth of the brutal Chechen wars of independence against Russia.

Apr 24, 2013 / Thomas Goltz

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