World

A 9/11 Reality Check A 9/11 Reality Check

What if eight years ago the World Trade Center had been leveled by a small nuclear bomb that took out most of lower Manhattan as well?

Sep 9, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Afghanistan by the Numbers Afghanistan by the Numbers

How to measure "success" in Afghanistan, the metrics for a war gone to hell.

Sep 8, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt

Zelaya Speaks Zelaya Speaks

In an exclusive Nation interview, the deposed Honduran president assesses the significance of his recent meeting with Secretary of State Clinton.

Sep 4, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Outsourcing the War in Afghanistan Outsourcing the War in Afghanistan

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill describes the blurring of lines between the military and companies like Blackwater, who are engaging in armed combat in the current wars.

Sep 4, 2009 / Video / MSNBC

Zelaya’s Coup Zelaya’s Coup

In an exclusive Nation interview, the ousted Honduran president calls the new State Department aid cutoff a "direct blow" against the regime that exiled him.

Sep 3, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Ending Africa’s Hunger Ending Africa’s Hunger

Bill Gates's fortune is funding a new Green Revolution. But is that what Africans need?

Sep 2, 2009 / Feature / Raj Patel, Eric Holt-Gimenez, and Annie Shattuck

Obama’s Meaningless War Obama’s Meaningless War

The way he's headed on Afghanistan, Barack Obama is threatened with a quagmire that could bog down his presidency.

Sep 2, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer

Opposing Escalation in Afghanistan Opposing Escalation in Afghanistan

Regardless of who started the war in Afghanistan, it is now Obama's war. Preventing military escalation is necessary if the president doesn't want it to become his Vietnam.

Aug 27, 2009 / Editorial / David Cortright

Flushing Blackwater Flushing Blackwater

Recent disclosures of Blackwater's covert activities may finally force Congress to take action.

Aug 26, 2009 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill

Afghan War Turnoff Afghan War Turnoff

Trust the judgment of the American majority, who say this war is no longer worth fighting.

Aug 26, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors

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