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Netanyahu at AIPAC meeting

AIPAC Spent Millions of Dollars to Defeat the Iran Deal. Instead, It May Have Destroyed Itself. AIPAC Spent Millions of Dollars to Defeat the Iran Deal. Instead, It May Have Destroyed Itself.

The powerful Israel lobby has been badly damaged, and that’s good news for both Palestinians and Israelis.

Sep 11, 2015 / M.J. Rosenberg

September 11, 2001: ‘A Great Wound’

September 11, 2001: ‘A Great Wound’ September 11, 2001: ‘A Great Wound’

“If we are shrewd about ourselves and truly brave, citizens will not yield to hysteria—or accept draconian new laws that undermine civil liberties—but will force these difficult qu...

Sep 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Brigadier General James Linder

The United States Is Training Militaries With Dubious Human Rights Records—Again The United States Is Training Militaries With Dubious Human Rights Records—Again

American special forces are still conducting training for some of Africa’s most notorious paramilitaries.

Sep 10, 2015 / Nick Turse

A man carries a child as migrants and refugees arrive on a dinghy after crossing from Turkey to Lesbos island, Greece.

Tell the United States to Accept More Refugees and Asylum-Seekers From Syria Tell the United States to Accept More Refugees and Asylum-Seekers From Syria

Join The Nation, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and MoveOn in calling on the United States to take in more Syrian refugees.

Sep 10, 2015 / NationAction

Rafia Zakaria (credit: Jeremy Hogan)

Divided Affections Divided Affections

One writer’s fight against traditions that stifle women in Pakistan.

Sep 10, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Muhammad Idrees Ahmad

The New Mayor of Barcelona Tells Us Her Plans for a Radical City

The New Mayor of Barcelona Tells Us Her Plans for a Radical City The New Mayor of Barcelona Tells Us Her Plans for a Radical City

Once an activist, can Ada Colau make her vision a reality?

Sep 10, 2015 / Elia Gran

Illustration by Philip Burke

The Kissinger Effect The Kissinger Effect

Leftists often describe Henry Kissinger as a unique moral monster, but his intellectual framework pervades the entire national security state, from the neocons to Obama.

Sep 10, 2015 / Feature / Greg Grandin

Refugees fleeing Sana

Yemen, the World’s Next Great Refugee Crisis Yemen, the World’s Next Great Refugee Crisis

As the civil war heats up amid intervention by the Gulf monarchies, thousands are fleeing every day.

Sep 9, 2015 / Juan Cole

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America

Washington helped create the conditions with its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sep 9, 2015 / The Editors

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’?

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’? Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’?

If so, why is Washington opposed to Moscow’s help in the war against ISIS?

Sep 9, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

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