Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying? Will Congress Rein In Illegal Spying?
When The New York Times first revealed the NSA was wiretapping Americans without a warrant in 2005, it was a scandal. But the government continues to spy with impunity—and wh...
Dec 19, 2012 / Editorial / Marcy Wheeler
Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley Suspicious Minds: On Timothy Melley
How thrillers inform spycraft, and the fictions that belie them both.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
The Link Between USC and Garment Worker Factory Fires The Link Between USC and Garment Worker Factory Fires
Student activists are pointing out that one of USC's apparel monitors failed to address fire safety hazards that led to 289 deaths in Pakistan.
Dec 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Maria Rodriguez and Sarah Newell
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Focus the Secretary of State Debate on Policy, Not Politics Katrina vanden Heuvel: Focus the Secretary of State Debate on Policy, Not Politics
Partisan predictions for the presiden’s nominee have drowned out the real conversation on Obama’s foreign policy priorities.
Dec 18, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Questions for John Kerry, President Obama’s New Pick for Secretary of State Questions for John Kerry, President Obama’s New Pick for Secretary of State
The nomination of a secretary of state gives the Senate the opportunity to probe the administration’s foreign policy priorities.
Dec 18, 2012 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Activists Stage ‘Block the Boat’ Protest Against Ship Bearing Walmart Goods From Bangladesh Activists Stage ‘Block the Boat’ Protest Against Ship Bearing Walmart Goods From Bangladesh
New Jersey protesters are holding Walmart accountable for a factory fire that killed 112 Bangladeshi workers.
Dec 18, 2012 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
CODEPINK Exposes the Cayman Islands Tax Scandal CODEPINK Exposes the Cayman Islands Tax Scandal
Over 100 Americans with CODEPINK and The Nation protested in front of the Ugland House, where some 18,000 corporations hide their tax dollars.
Our National Torture Policy Our National Torture Policy
As Zero Dark Thirty reminds us, Americans have yet to face the torture committed on our behalf.
Dec 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Van Buren
The Visible Government The Visible Government
How the US intelligence community came out of the shadows.
Dec 17, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Is Congress’s Magnitsky Bill a New Blacklist? Is Congress’s Magnitsky Bill a New Blacklist?
The anti-Russia bill violates the rule of law, contradicts American values and undermines US national security.
Dec 14, 2012 / Edward Lozansky, Vladimir Sobell, and Stephen F. Cohen