Honoring Baltasar Garzón Honoring Baltasar Garzón
The Spanish judge who dared to hold brutal human rights violators to account is now fighting for his legal career.
May 12, 2011 / David Cole
Fantasy Islands Fantasy Islands
When the lines between fantasy, desire, action and intent have been so blurred, the thought itself becomes the crime.
May 12, 2011 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We’re pleased to announce that Liliana Segura will be joining our staff as associate editor. Liliana, a former senior editor at AlterNet, where she was responsible for civil liberties and international coverage, was most recently a Wallace Global Fund Fellow, where she researched and wrote about prisons and harsh sentencing. Richard Kim, formerly senior editor, is now executive editor of TheNation.com, where he will be overseeing the website’s expansion and redesign. Mark Sorkin is now copy editor/associate editor, and senior editor Richard Lingeman has returned from leave.
May 12, 2011 / The Editors
After Osama bin Laden After Osama bin Laden
The purpose of terrorism is to provoke an irrational response that makes a nation less secure and less free. In the wake of 9/11, America became that place. Can we change course?
May 5, 2011 / The Editors
After Osama bin Laden’s Death, an End to ‘Bad Guys’ After Osama bin Laden’s Death, an End to ‘Bad Guys’
It's time to banish our dangerously-simplified us-versus-them mentality and recognize the world as it is: shot through with suffering and complexity.
May 5, 2011 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Jeff Biggers on student protests in Arizona, John Nichols on Canada's New Democratic Party, and Kate Murphy on FAIR's twenty-fifth anniversary.
May 4, 2011 / Various Contributors
Osama’s Assassins Osama’s Assassins
Meet the Special Operations unit that killed Osama bin Laden.
May 4, 2011 / Jeremy Scahill
The Age of Deleveraging The Age of Deleveraging
If Obama continues to refuse to intervene in the economy, Americans are in for a painful decade.
Apr 27, 2011 / William Greider
Dark Days for Syria Dark Days for Syria
The Syrian president is is facing unprecedented pressure rooted in grievances over government repression, corruption, a weak economy and lack of civil liberties. He cannot hunker d...
Apr 27, 2011 / Mohamad Bazzi
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on Paul Ryan, Barry Schwabsky on Ai Weiwei and George Zornick on a budget cut for the EPA
Apr 27, 2011 / Various Contributors