Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East Making Repression Our Business: The Pentagon’s Secret Training Missions in the Middle East
An investigation by TomDispatch reveals the outlines of a secretive training program in the Middle East that is funded by Pentagon, and wholly at odds with Washington&rsq...
Dec 13, 2011 / Nick Turse
Why Newt Gingrich Hates the State Department Why Newt Gingrich Hates the State Department
Gingrich has been criticizing the State Department and calling for its overhaul.
Dec 13, 2011 / Ben Adler
Russia’s Great December Evolution Russia’s Great December Evolution
Recent protests are the most striking display of grassroots democracy and activism since the early 1990s.
Dec 12, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Death of Socrates: Celebrating a Sports/Politics Soccer Legend The Death of Socrates: Celebrating a Sports/Politics Soccer Legend
International soccer lost a hero when Socrates, the masterful Brazilian midfielder who captained Brazil’s famed 1982 World Cup squad, died last weekend.
Dec 12, 2011 / Dave Zirin and Zach Zill
What if Gingrich Is Right About the Palestinians? What if Gingrich Is Right About the Palestinians?
Newt Gingrich says Palestinians are “an invented people.” But even if he were right, it wouldn’t negate their right to self-determination.
Dec 12, 2011 / Ben Adler
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (12/9) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (12/9)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Dec 9, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Politico Pitfalls, McCarthyite Mendacity Politico Pitfalls, McCarthyite Mendacity
Eric on Israel theocracy vs. diaspora democracy, and Alter-reviews.
Dec 8, 2011 / Eric Alterman
Protests Sweep Russia as Blogger Alexey Navalny Is Arrested Protests Sweep Russia as Blogger Alexey Navalny Is Arrested
Angered by tainted parliamentary elections, thousands of Russians have taken to the streets.
Dec 8, 2011 / Adam Federman
Why America Can’t Keep Fighting 1 Percent Wars Why America Can’t Keep Fighting 1 Percent Wars
The United States’ current conflicts abroad are “1 percent wars”—remote, imperial wars of choice in which 99 percent of Americans have no stake.
Dec 8, 2011 / William J. Astore
The US–Pakistan Rift Over Afghanistan The US–Pakistan Rift Over Afghanistan
The US bombing of a Pakistani border outpost, US drone attacks and Pakistani support for the Taliban—all threaten to destroy the chances for a peaceful US-NATO exit from Afgh...
Dec 7, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss