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
Maria Margaronis: Greece Careens Into ‘Utter Chaos’ Maria Margaronis: Greece Careens Into ‘Utter Chaos’
In a devastating exposé of the day to day lives of Greek citizens, Margaronis revisits the rapidly devolving streets of Athens.
Dec 7, 2011 / Press Room
Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society Why Greater Equality Strengthens Society
What US progressives can learn from British efforts to fight inequality.
Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Sam Pizzigati
Puerto Rico’s Policing Crisis Puerto Rico’s Policing Crisis
Brutality is an old problem, one that has worsened under the government of Luis Fortuño.
Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Ed Morales
Of Saints and Caudillos: On Enrique Krauze Of Saints and Caudillos: On Enrique Krauze
A Mexican intellectual takes the measure of liberalism and revolution in twentieth-century Latin America.
Dec 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Volpi
Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China Playing With Fire: Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China
From now on, the primary focus of American military strategy will not be counterterrorism, but the containment of an economically booming China— at whatever risk or cost.
Dec 6, 2011 / Michael T. Klare