Conversation: Barbara Crossette and Anja Rudiger on Human Rights in the US Conversation: Barbara Crossette and Anja Rudiger on Human Rights in the US
The Obama administration recently submitted a report on its own human rights record to the United Nations, becoming the first time US administration to do so. Barbara Crossette ...
Sep 9, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child… Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child…
Newest pieces, women complaining about the attention given to Jonathan Franzen, some book and DVD recommendations and the latest mail.
Sep 9, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Against Counterinsurgency Against Counterinsurgency
The recently released report of the Afghanistan Study Group affirms The Nation's long-held belief that American military disengagement in Afghanistan, combined with a new diplomati...
Sep 9, 2010 / Editorial / The Editors
The Great Pakistan Deluge Never Happened The Great Pakistan Deluge Never Happened
Don't tune in; it's not important.
Sep 9, 2010 / Juan Cole
It Was Heaven That They Burned It Was Heaven That They Burned
Who is Rigoberta Menchú?
Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Biden Aide Refuses to Rule Out Continuing US Occupation in Iraq Biden Aide Refuses to Rule Out Continuing US Occupation in Iraq
Tony Blinken says that the US intends to remove the rest of troops in 2011, but he won't say that they'll leave even if Iraq falls apart. And, he says, there is no dialogue with Ir...
Sep 8, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield
The military's media megaphone and the U.S. global military presence.
Sep 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC
Will Abbas declare Palestine an independent state if talks fail? And if so, how would Obama react?
Sep 7, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Accepting Defeat in Iraq Accepting Defeat in Iraq
Everyone is spinning the Iraq mission's so-called end but no one's willing to accept defeat.
Sep 2, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
China in the Driver’s Seat China in the Driver’s Seat
On the American left, there's no consensus about how to respond to China's emergence. Confront China or accommodate? Slam China with tariffs or invite it to build in the US? A...
Sep 2, 2010 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss