Newly Released Timeline of Botched Execution Reveals Gruesome Details Newly Released Timeline of Botched Execution Reveals Gruesome Details
Oklahoma’s top prison official is calling for a halt to all executions until the state refines its protocol.
May 2, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014?
This week: Cliven Bundy, paranoia and a mysterious kidney disease.
May 2, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Why Anne-Marie Slaughter Is Wrong About Syria—and Ukraine Why Anne-Marie Slaughter Is Wrong About Syria—and Ukraine
A former State Department official says that the way to stop Putin in Ukraine is to bomb Syria. Get it? Me neither.
May 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies
Counties and cities are posing a challenge to the Obama administration, whose immigration enforcement mechanisms lean heavily on the partnership between federal and local agents.
May 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act? This US Contractor Has Spent Almost Five Years in a Cuban Jail. Why Won’t the White House Act?
The case of Alan Gross reflects Obama’s failure to “write a new chapter in US-Cuba policy.”
May 2, 2014 / Peter Kornbluh
As New York’s Construction Industry Booms, Workers’ Lives Are Being Put on the Line As New York’s Construction Industry Booms, Workers’ Lives Are Being Put on the Line
Safety advocates say the government has plenty of tools available to protect workers; it just needs the political will to apply them.
May 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why the Jobs Report Isn’t All Good Why the Jobs Report Isn’t All Good
One survey says job numbers are up, and another one says job numbers are down. Which one is correct?
May 2, 2014 / George Zornick
In Holding Donald Sterling Accountable, ‘There Is More to Do’ In Holding Donald Sterling Accountable, ‘There Is More to Do’
Nation sports editor Dave Zirin, appearing on Al Jazeera America’s Consider This, discusses Donald Sterling’s ban and what should be done next.
May 2, 2014 / Dave Zirin
The Campaign Against AIDS in Africa Is Saving Lives—So Why Isn’t the US Investing More In It? The Campaign Against AIDS in Africa Is Saving Lives—So Why Isn’t the US Investing More In It?
The Obama administration has decided to flat-line its budget request for AIDS funding in the continent, even though more money is needed.
May 2, 2014 / James North
The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine The Media and US Policy Are Contributing to a ‘Looming Civil War’ in Ukraine
The new cold war with Russia may create a real war in Ukraine.
May 1, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen