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.
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