Slide Show: The GOP’s Presidential Contenders, Wannabes and Also-Rans Slide Show: The GOP’s Presidential Contenders, Wannabes and Also-Rans
It’s the job nobody seems to want: with Barack Obama’s ratings higher than they have been in months, the GOP is having trouble finding candidates to take him on in next…
May 18, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Yale Sanctions Fraternity for Five Years Yale Sanctions Fraternity for Five Years
Yale has banned D.K.E from conducting any activities on campus for five years, including recruiting, as punishment for an episode last October in which members led pledges in chant...
May 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Ten Things to Start a Movement Ten Things to Start a Movement
Let's use the passion seen in Wisconsin and all over America in the past few months to create a culture of protest here in the US.
May 17, 2011 / The Nation
Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force
This memo, dated August 17, 2004, notes that "On 28 Jul 04, the Detainee Abuse Task Force, was formed by USACIDC to investigate all allegations of Iraqi Detainee abuse involving Co...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request
In this letter, the Army's associate deputy general counsel writes that the CID "never created an official 'Detainee Abuse Task Force.'"
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force
One of more than twenty CID documents from 2004 and 2005 obtained by the ACLU that reference the Detainee Abuse Task Force. This one, dated October 6, 2004, refers to five abuse ca...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Conversations: Anatol Lieven on Pakistan’s Delicate Balance of Power Nation Conversations: Anatol Lieven on Pakistan’s Delicate Balance of Power
The Pakistani government is too weak to compel its elites to contribute to the system, leaving the country in a near-feudal state.
May 13, 2011 / The Nation
US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger US Uncut Brings Its Lesson to a Corporate Tax Dodger
On April 30, US Uncut protesters came to New York CIty to hold classes in lobbies of one of the biggest corporate tax dodgers in the US: Bank of America.
May 11, 2011 / The Nation
Nation Readers’ Top Ten Protest Songs: Part #2 Nation Readers’ Top Ten Protest Songs: Part #2
An incomplete list.
May 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
Care2’s Top Five Protest Songs Care2’s Top Five Protest Songs
Cindy Samuels of Care2 surveyed her Care2.com/Causes community and compiled an all-time top five list of the best protest songs ever written.
May 10, 2011 / The Nation