Unemployment and the Afghan Debate Unemployment and the Afghan Debate
The Nation's John Nichols discuss the correlation between the low unemployment numbers and our foreign policy.
Nov 18, 2009 / GRITtv
Welcome Home, War! Welcome Home, War!
Will the Afghan and Iraq wars lead to a surveillance state here in the US?
Nov 13, 2009 / Feature / Alfred W. McCoy
Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban? Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban?
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill appears on MSNBC to discuss his colleague Aram Roston's new investigation into how the US funds the Taliban.
Nov 13, 2009 / MSNBC
Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban
Brave New Films founder Robert Greenwald praises Aram Roston's shocking new Nation piece on how the US funds the Taliban.
Nov 13, 2009 / The Ed Show
New Report Reveals US Funds the Taliban New Report Reveals US Funds the Taliban
Nation contributor Aram Roston on how the US government is financing the very same insurgent forces in Afghanistan that American and NATO soldiers are fighting.
Nov 12, 2009 / Press Room
A Year of Obama A Year of Obama
Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.
Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Fifty-Year War The Fifty-Year War
We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?
Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
How the US Funds the Taliban How the US Funds the Taliban
With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops
Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Aram Roston
Drone Race to a Known Future Drone Race to a Known Future
Armed drone aircraft in Afghanistan and Pakistan are only the latest wonder weapon to promise us the world.
Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy Keeping Afghanistan Safe from Democracy
The most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 US troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in ha...
Nov 4, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer