Blackwater: CIA Assassins? Blackwater: CIA Assassins?
The mercenary firm has a long and dark history with the CIA. Were they Bush and Cheney's private hit men?
Aug 20, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Marty Peretz (and The New Republic) vs. Starving Children Marty Peretz (and The New Republic) vs. Starving Children
Wrapup: My new "Think Again" column is here. It's called "That Doggone Librul Media, Caught Again... "Also, I did a Daily Beast post this morning trying (hoping) to explainthe s...
Aug 20, 2009 / Eric Alterman
American Majority Agrees: Afghan War’s Not Worth Fighting American Majority Agrees: Afghan War’s Not Worth Fighting
With record numbers of US troops being killed in Afghanistan, with Pentagon expenditures for the war skyrocketing and with little or no evidence that the US occupation is making t...
Aug 19, 2009 / John Nichols
Letter from Kabul Letter from Kabul
(Women for Afghan Women, a humanitarian organization I've supported for many years, runs a shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Kabul, and a smaller one in ...
Aug 19, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Perils of the Poetry Reading Perils of the Poetry Reading
Am I the only person who finds it hard to follow an unfamiliar poem when I hear it read out loud and don't have the text in front of me? Even when reading to myself at my own ...
Aug 19, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Iraq Explodes Iraq Explodes
The news from the war capitals isn't good. In Kabul, the Taliban is carrying out attacks at the very center of Afghanistan's capital, rocketing the grounds of the presidential pal...
Aug 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Can Michael Vick Make a Comeback? Can Michael Vick Make a Comeback?
The Nation's Dave Zirin defends Michael Vick and talks about how his story is not just about sports but also how we treat our nation's ex-cons.
Aug 19, 2009 / MSNBC
Is the Right Moving Towards Violence? Is the Right Moving Towards Violence?
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell takes a look at the recent threats of right-wing violence emerging in the healthcare debate.
Aug 19, 2009 / Countdown
UBS Money Laundering: What Did Phil Gramm Know? UBS Money Laundering: What Did Phil Gramm Know?
Was Phil Gramm truly unaware of the widespread efforts at UBS to defraud the US Treasury?
Aug 19, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Complicated Legacy of Robert Novak The Complicated Legacy of Robert Novak
He could be infuriating, crude and wrong. But the late journalist could also leap across ideological, partisan and personal boundaries.
Aug 18, 2009 / John Nichols