Remembering Chalmers Johnson Remembering Chalmers Johnson
Johnson was a scholar and author who saw our devolving American world with striking clarity and prescience and wrote about it with precision, passion and courage
Nov 22, 2010 / Lived History / Tom Engelhardt
Some Other Takes on Petraeus’s Report to NATO Some Other Takes on Petraeus’s Report to NATO
Not everyone is taking the general's report at face value.
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Guilty Until Proven Guilty Guilty Until Proven Guilty
How the "War on Terror" is threatening the presumption of innocence.
Nov 18, 2010 / Karen J. Greenberg
Time to Call It Torture Time to Call It Torture
The New York Times is finally calling it torture—when someone else has admitted to it.
Nov 18, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Briefing: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests Briefing: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests
"It's fair to smash up someone's future but not to smash up someone's lobby," says UK journalist Laurie Penny of the student protests in London last week.
Nov 18, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud
Pakistan's ISI served as an arbiter in the Taliban dispute over the New York Times reporter's kidnapping.
Nov 17, 2010 / Feature / Aram Roston
Protest to Power in the Philippines Protest to Power in the Philippines
For years, Walden Bello fought the Marcos dictatorship. Now he's a member of Congress.
Nov 17, 2010 / Feature / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh
Off-Base America Off-Base America
As prospects dim in Iraq, the Pentagon digs in deeper around the Middle East.
Nov 17, 2010 / Nick Turse
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere
Even proponents of repeal assume that DADT only interferes with the ability of gay servicemembers to serve openly, leaving them to conduct their private lives in, well, private. We...
Nov 16, 2010 / Daniel Redman and Ilona Turner
Congress Investigates: Is the Military Denying Medical Care to Soldiers? Congress Investigates: Is the Military Denying Medical Care to Soldiers?
Sergeant Chuck Luther seeks justice after his torture at the hands of the US military.
Nov 16, 2010 / Video / Joshua Kors