Slide Show: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Democratic Challenge Slide Show: Iraqi Kurdistan’s Democratic Challenge
The protests sweeping the Middle East have motivated thousands of Kurds from all walks of life to demonstrate in cities across Iraqi Kurdistan, an autonomous region in northern Ira…
May 4, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Osama bin Laden: A Monster of Our Own Creation Osama bin Laden: A Monster of Our Own Creation
Three decades after we first decided to use Osama bin Laden and other imported Muslim zealots for our Cold War purposes, we feel cleansed by his death of any responsibility for h...
May 4, 2011 / Robert Scheer
US Officials: Now It’s Time to End the War US Officials: Now It’s Time to End the War
The Obama administration suggests bin Laden's death could accelerate peace talks with the Taliban.
May 4, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Pakistan: Our Mendacious Ally Pakistan: Our Mendacious Ally
It is impossible to believe the government of Pakistan did not know exactly where we could find Osama.
May 3, 2011 / William Greider
Jeremy Scahill on the ‘Quiet Professionals’ Who Killed bin Laden Jeremy Scahill on the ‘Quiet Professionals’ Who Killed bin Laden
Jeremy Scahill appears on "Last Word" to provide insight into the men who killed bin Laden.
With Osama Found, a Congresswoman Asks: Where’s the Afghanistan Exit Strategy? With Osama Found, a Congresswoman Asks: Where’s the Afghanistan Exit Strategy?
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree launches a petition to push for an exit from Afghanistan.
May 3, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors The War That Didn’t End War and Its Unending Successors
What if, from the beginning, everyone killed in the Iraq and Afghan wars had been buried in a single large cemetery easily accessible to the American public? Would it bring the fig...
May 3, 2011 / Adam Hochschild
New Photos: Obama Overseeing the bin Laden Operation New Photos: Obama Overseeing the bin Laden Operation
The White House has long used Flickr, the photo-sharing website, to publish images from behind the scenes of government. The new pictures of the bin Laden operation are sure to cap...
May 3, 2011 / The Notion / Ari Melber
Searching for Closure at Ground Zero Searching for Closure at Ground Zero
Closure. That was the word on people’s lips last night after President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a firefight with US forces in Pakistan.
May 2, 2011 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
The Ghost of bin Laden The Ghost of bin Laden
Now that Osama is dead, can America at last break free of the conceit of endless war?
May 2, 2011 / William Greider