What ‘Progress’ in Iraq Really Means What ‘Progress’ in Iraq Really Means
The cost of deploying a soldier, the number of bullets fired for each insurgent killed, the percentage of Iraqi babies born underweight. A portrait-by-numbers of the Iraq catastrop...
Aug 13, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Who’s Sorry Now? Who’s Sorry Now?
Michael Ignatieff apologizes for being wrong on Iraq. If only mainstream media acknowledged all the people who were right.
Aug 9, 2007 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Terror America Wrought The Terror America Wrought
Take a moment to remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, connecting the dots between that attack and US actions in Iraq sixty-two years later.
Aug 8, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lessons From the Tonkin Gulf Lessons From the Tonkin Gulf
From the Nation archives, the late senator and onetime editor of this magazine recalls his lonely stand against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, approved by Congress August 7, 1964, ...
Aug 7, 2007 / Feature / Ernest Gruening
Red Zone, Green Zone Red Zone, Green Zone
Pundits speculate the US can win stability if not victory in Iraq, but beyond the philosophical Green Zone they inhabit, life becomes ever more desperate for Iraqi civilians.
Aug 1, 2007 / Editorial / Tom Engelhardt
Soccer Lions of Mesopotamia Soccer Lions of Mesopotamia
Don't buy the argument that Iraq's triumph in the Asian Cup is a miracle moment brought to you by Uncle Sam.
Jul 31, 2007 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
The Making of No End in Sight The Making of No End in Sight
Charles Ferguson answers questions about his gripping new documentary that takes aim at those who took us to war in Iraq.
Jul 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
A War Not Worth Fighting A War Not Worth Fighting
Public sentiment is solidly against the war; when will the President and political leaders of both parties have the courage to end it?
Jul 25, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul
The anti-war Texas Republican is pulling more campaign contributions from the military than John McCain. That says a lot about the mindset of the troops.
Jul 23, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Harvard’s Humanitarian Hawks Harvard’s Humanitarian Hawks
Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights doesn't officially favor the war in Iraq, so why is it helping Gen. David Petraeus devise a counter-insurgency doctrine?
Jul 14, 2007 / Editorial / Tom Hayden