Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/25/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (7/25/12)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Jul 27, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
The Ghosts of Munich 1972 and the Birth of the Modern Olympics The Ghosts of Munich 1972 and the Birth of the Modern Olympics
The security mania and spending orgy of our present-day Olympics were truly born that tragic September, forty years ago.
Jul 27, 2012 / Paul Hockenos
Conservative ‘Free Beacon’ Fronts for Taiwan Lobby Conservative ‘Free Beacon’ Fronts for Taiwan Lobby
A well-funded new conservative website, the Washington Free Beacon, helps its lobbyist sponsor press for Taiwanese arms deals—with no disclosure.
Jul 26, 2012 / Lee Fang
Tweedle-Romney Accuses Tweedle-Obama of Harming Israel Tweedle-Romney Accuses Tweedle-Obama of Harming Israel
Lewis Carroll, and Bob Dylan, would be amused.
Jul 26, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Nature of the US Military Presence in Africa The Nature of the US Military Presence in Africa
An exchange between Colonel Tom Davis and TomDispatch Associate Editor Nick Turse about military involvement in Africa.
Jul 26, 2012 / Nick Turse
WikiLeaks: The Latin America Files WikiLeaks: The Latin America Files
As Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange, here is a closer look at Cablegate in Latin America.
Jul 25, 2012 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh
Defense Spending: Barney Frank Weighs In Defense Spending: Barney Frank Weighs In
Don't expect anything to change at the Department of Defense in 2012.
Jul 24, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Congress Is Still in the Dark About the Extent of Electronic Snooping Congress Is Still in the Dark About the Extent of Electronic Snooping
More than a million requests for cell phone records by law enforcement is just the beginning of the surveillance story.
Jul 20, 2012 / Nancy Goldstein
The Military’s New Lily-Pad Strategy The Military’s New Lily-Pad Strategy
How the Pentagon is quietly transforming its overseas base empire and creating a dangerous new way of war.
Jul 16, 2012 / David Vine
Tremseh, Syria: Not Exactly a Massacre; Clinton, UK Both Jump the Gun Tremseh, Syria: Not Exactly a Massacre; Clinton, UK Both Jump the Gun
It‘s now a civil war, officially.
Jul 16, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss