America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan America’s Failed War of Attrition in Afghanistan
The Obama administration is trying to kill its way to victory in Afghanistan. Not only is that strategy failing, it's making the Taliban stronger and Karzai weaker.
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / Jeremy Scahill
Making Afghanistan Real Making Afghanistan Real
A Congressional proposal to establish a Veterans Trust Fund is driving home the message that the war in Afghanistan is not worth the havoc it has wreaked on thousands of troops.
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The New War Congress The New War Congress
To understand just how bad the new Congress is likely to be for peace on Earth, one has to understand how incredibly awful Congress has been during the past four years and then mea...
Nov 22, 2010 / David Swanson
Remembering Chalmers Johnson Remembering Chalmers Johnson
Johnson was a scholar and author who saw our devolving American world with striking clarity and prescience and wrote about it with precision, passion and courage
Nov 22, 2010 / Lived History / Tom Engelhardt
Some Other Takes on Petraeus’s Report to NATO Some Other Takes on Petraeus’s Report to NATO
Not everyone is taking the general's report at face value.
Nov 22, 2010 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
Guilty Until Proven Guilty Guilty Until Proven Guilty
How the "War on Terror" is threatening the presumption of innocence.
Nov 18, 2010 / Karen J. Greenberg
Time to Call It Torture Time to Call It Torture
The New York Times is finally calling it torture—when someone else has admitted to it.
Nov 18, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Briefing: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests Briefing: Laurie Penny on the UK Student Protests
"It's fair to smash up someone's future but not to smash up someone's lobby," says UK journalist Laurie Penny of the student protests in London last week.
Nov 18, 2010 / Video / The Nation on Grit TV
After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud
Pakistan's ISI served as an arbiter in the Taliban dispute over the New York Times reporter's kidnapping.
Nov 17, 2010 / Feature / Aram Roston
Protest to Power in the Philippines Protest to Power in the Philippines
For years, Walden Bello fought the Marcos dictatorship. Now he's a member of Congress.
Nov 17, 2010 / Feature / Robin Broad and John Cavanagh