Bolivia’s Constitutional Challenge Bolivia’s Constitutional Challenge
After years of conflict between ethnic and indigenous groups in this diverse nation, Bolivia is poised to vote on a new Constitution that aims to establish a new era of equity. No...
Jan 14, 2009 / Feature / Annie Murphy
Questions for Hillary Clinton Questions for Hillary Clinton
Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of State takes questions today from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Nation has some questions of its own.
Jan 12, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
The Year China Jumped the Gun The Year China Jumped the Gun
China is a country that takes anniversaries seriously. But reaction to significant historical events to be commemorated this year has already taken place.
Jan 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Tet 2009: Vietnam Ponders its Future Tet 2009: Vietnam Ponders its Future
As the season of Tet begins, questions of human rights, widespread corruption and a new novel highly critical of Ho Chi Minh, are giving Vietnamese much cause for reflection.
Jan 12, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court
A sports arena and a basketball team recently have become the unlikely setting and target of protests against Israel's attacks on Gaza.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
To end the bloody occupation, Israel must be the target of the same kind of global movement that finally ended apartheid in South Africa.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Naomi Klein
Bomb a Ghetto, Raise a Cheer Bomb a Ghetto, Raise a Cheer
Israel's criminal onslaughts on the Palestinians in Gaza continue amid torrents of supportive speech and prose.
Jan 8, 2009 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Misreading Gaza Misreading Gaza
Israel won't get a better deal than the Arab Peace Initiative. The alternative is nothing less than more warfare and, ultimately, the end of Zionism.
Jan 8, 2009 / Editorial / Roane Carey
Toward Peace in Gaza Toward Peace in Gaza
Without concerted action by Obama resolve the crisis in Gaza, hope for a two-state settlement will fade and the region will be cursed with many more years of bloodshed.
Jan 8, 2009 / Editorial / The Editors
Moral Blindness on Gaza Moral Blindness on Gaza
Why are we--in the media, politics and intelligentsia--so indifferent to the death and destruction in the latest phase of this interminable conflict?
Jan 7, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer