An Empire of Vice An Empire of Vice
Several new histories trace Cuba's exotic and reviled place in the American political imagination.
Jun 10, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
Obama in Cairo: Where Are the Arab Views? Obama in Cairo: Where Are the Arab Views?
Nation contributor Laura Flanders debates the merits of President Obama's speech directed at the Muslim world.
Jun 9, 2009 / The Ed Show
Will Afghanistan Be Obama’s Vietnam? Will Afghanistan Be Obama’s Vietnam?
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on the danger Afghanistan poses to Obama's progressive agenda.
Jun 4, 2009 / The Nation Video
Mr. Abbas Goes to Washington Mr. Abbas Goes to Washington
Though President Obama met with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on May 28, there's little evidence that the United States is encouraging real progress toward a two-state...
May 28, 2009 / Feature / Ali Abunimah
Tiananmen at Twenty Tiananmen at Twenty
China has changed enormously since the 1989 massacre, but the Communist Party continues to deny what happened. Americans, too, continue to misremember a complex event.
May 27, 2009 / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
The Dark Side of Plan Colombia The Dark Side of Plan Colombia
Is Plan Colombia subsidizing narco-traffickers to cultivate biofuels on stolen lands?
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Teo Ballvé
The Border Violence Myth The Border Violence Myth
The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana
The Silence of MoveOn The Silence of MoveOn
MoveOn, once the most powerful grassroots peace organization, has rendered its members voiceless on the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And that silence sends a message...
May 26, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Pakistan’s Missing Peace Pakistan’s Missing Peace
There's a hole in the heart of our Af-Pak policy. It's called peace between Pakistan and India. And no amount of aid will fill it.
May 20, 2009 / Graham Usher
London Falling London Falling
New Labour is finished. What replaces it will certainly be worse.
May 20, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge