From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take? From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take?
There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.
Mar 17, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Brackets, Brackets, Everywhere Brackets, Brackets, Everywhere
Alter-reviews of Stoppard and music old and new, Reed on the Washington Post's decision to bracket their writers into right-leaning and left-leaning and reader mail.
Mar 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Clinton Promises to Bomb Libya, Calls Qaddafi ‘Creature’ Clinton Promises to Bomb Libya, Calls Qaddafi ‘Creature’
Obama caves in to pressure from neocons, liberal interventionists.
Mar 17, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Taking the ‘War’ Out of America’s Air Wars Taking the ‘War’ Out of America’s Air Wars
These days, we need a new set of terms to explain what US air power actually does.
Mar 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Deliberately, Cynically and Steadfastly: Obama Heads South as Aristide Moves North? Deliberately, Cynically and Steadfastly: Obama Heads South as Aristide Moves North?
As Obama heads for Brazil, he might cross flight paths with Aristide, soon expected to return to Haiti
Mar 17, 2011 / Greg Grandin
Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America? Christian Parenti: Fukushima in America?
America's nuclear power plants are poorly managed and regulated, and it's time they were taken out of commission.
Mar 17, 2011 / Press Room
Meet US Uncut Meet US Uncut
A helpful guide to the anti-tax dodging group US Uncut.
Mar 17, 2011 / Allison Kilkenny
FIRE, Alexandra Wallace, and Defending Offensive Speech FIRE, Alexandra Wallace, and Defending Offensive Speech
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education inappropriately editorializes a racist video posted by a UCLA student.
Mar 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston
Wisconsin Senators Sell Out to Corporate Interests as DC Crowds Chant: ‘Recall!’ Wisconsin Senators Sell Out to Corporate Interests as DC Crowds Chant: ‘Recall!’
Protests met the arrival of Wisconsin state Senators in Washington, there to collect checks from corporate lobbyists.
Mar 17, 2011 / John Nichols
Beyond Austerity Beyond Austerity
Deficit mania is built on a series of destructive neoliberal myths.
Mar 16, 2011 / Feature / William Mitchell