Lessons From WikiLeaks Lessons From WikiLeaks
The Internet is critically vulnerable to capricious government shutdown.
Dec 9, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
From Jefferson To Assange From Jefferson To Assange
It is outrageous for any journalist, or respecter of what every American president has claimed is our inalienable, God-given right to a free press, not to join in Assange’s d...
Dec 8, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard Epitaph From the Imperial Graveyard
Under Obama, the American war dead have, it seems, like the war they are now fighting, generally gone into the dustbin of news coverage.
Dec 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Conversation: Ari Berman and Karen Finney on WikiLeaks and the Lame Duck Session Conversation: Ari Berman and Karen Finney on WikiLeaks and the Lame Duck Session
The Democrats were trying to get the focus back on the parts of their agenda that could actually get through the lame duck Senate this week—that is, until the latest Wiki...
Dec 3, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
On WikiLeaks and Government Secrecy On WikiLeaks and Government Secrecy
Reflecting on the controversy over the publication of classified cables, a former Foreign Service officer calls for a more open diplomacy.
Dec 3, 2010 / Jordan Stancil
WikiLeaks’ Economic Warfare WikiLeaks’ Economic Warfare
Bank of America shares fell 3 percent on Tuesday after Julian Assange hinted that he had as much as 5 GB worth of their documents revealing some shady behavior.
Dec 1, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Jeremy Scahill and Peter Beinart on WikiLeaks: Policy Porn, or Public Service? Jeremy Scahill and Peter Beinart on WikiLeaks: Policy Porn, or Public Service?
WIth the latest diplomatic cables dump from WikiLeaks sending waves throughout the political and media worlds, the organization's activities are raising questions such as, is rel...
Nov 30, 2010 / Press Room
Jeremy Scahill and Peter Beinart on WikiLeaks: Policy Porn, or Public Service? Jeremy Scahill and Peter Beinart on WikiLeaks: Policy Porn, or Public Service?
WIth the latest diplomatic cables dump from WikiLeaks sending waves throughout the political and media worlds, the organization's activities are raising questions such as, is rel...
Nov 30, 2010 / The Joy Behar Show
An Apology to John Tyner An Apology to John Tyner
The Nation hasn't been—and never will be—in the business of muffling citizen protest.
Nov 28, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin The Misunderestimation of Sarah Palin
As American life becomes more and more like reality television, could product placement of a candidate become the surest route to the presidency?
Nov 23, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry