US Still Paying Blackwater Millions US Still Paying Blackwater Millions
Despite the State Department's announcement canceling Blackwater's contracts in Iraq, the Obama administration will pay the company more than $174 million for security services in ...
Aug 7, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Statement on Missing US Hikers Statement on Missing US Hikers
Three Americans, including Shane Bauer, a contributor to The Nation, went missing while on a hiking trip in Iraqi Kurdistan and are presumed to be detained by Iranian authorities. ...
Aug 6, 2009 / Editorial / Shon Meckfessel
Blackwater or Murder, Inc.? Blackwater or Murder, Inc.?
Between the illegal weapons, explosive ammunition and the possibility that Blackwater operatives killed civilians as practice, the picture of the military contractor gets darker by...
Hiroshima Day Hiroshima Day
The official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the human species.
Aug 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Ellsberg
For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War For the Sixty-Fourth Time: No More Nuclear War
On the 64th anniversary of atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki the threat of a nuclear war remains potent. US nuclear policy hasn't changed enough since the Bush years.
Aug 5, 2009 / Feature / Frida Berrigan
Will Blackwater Founder Face Charges? Will Blackwater Founder Face Charges?
Erik Prince has been implicated in murder, viewed himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims from the globe and his company smuggled weapons into Iraq.
Blackwater’s Dark Deeds Exposed Blackwater’s Dark Deeds Exposed
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on his explosive revelation that Blackwater's founder has been accused, in sworn depositions from two former employees, of murder.
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Implicated in Murder
Sworn statements filed in federal court allege that Blackwater founder Erik Prince launched a “crusade” to eliminate Muslims and Islam.
Aug 4, 2009 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Changing Kurdistan Changing Kurdistan
On July 25 Kurdistan held both presidential and parliamentary elections. A new, stronger opposition with more seats in the parliament indicates a change in the political landscape ...
Aug 3, 2009 / Feature / Mohammed A. Salih
Thinking Left in Bolivia Thinking Left in Bolivia
Álvaro García Linera, Bolivia’s Marxist vice president, talks about gender equality, the right wing and how natural gas has paved the way for a rebirth of socialism in his country.
Aug 3, 2009 / Feature / Linda Farthing