The Wrong Torture Debate The Wrong Torture Debate
Zero Dark Thirty has us arguing over whether torture works, not whether it should be banned.
Jan 11, 2013 / Peter Weiss
How About Gun Control for the Pentagon? How About Gun Control for the Pentagon?
For all the droning on about US gun violence, it would be good to hear someone drone on just a bit about US drones.
Jan 11, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders
Aura Bogado: Is Canada Leaving First Nations People Out to Dry? Aura Bogado: Is Canada Leaving First Nations People Out to Dry?
The Nation’s Aura Bogado joins RT News to discuss the implications of Canada's Bill C-45 and the growing protest against it, Idle No More.
Jan 10, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration How ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Brought Back the Bush Administration
The film is a seven-pronged attempt to making US torture and detention policies once again palatable.
Jan 10, 2013 / Karen J. Greenberg
Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005 Congressmen: E-mails Reveal Walmart CEO Was Repeatedly Informed of Bribery Scandal in 2005
Representatives Waxman and Cummings say the documents appear to contradict Walmart’s story about the widening scandal.
Jan 10, 2013 / Blog / Josh Eidelson
Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow Reflections on Mortality From a Land of Ice and Snow
There is something eerily disquieting about Antarctica, where humanity isn’t capable of enduring long.
The Triumph of the Far Right in Israel The Triumph of the Far Right in Israel
The upcoming Knesset elections mark the culmination of settler dominance over the country's politics.
Jan 9, 2013 / Editorial / Noam Sheizaf
Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins Letter From Haiti: Life in the Ruins
Three years after the earthquake, 350,000 are still living in refugee camps, while millions in aid money is lavished on a tourist hotel.
Jan 9, 2013 / Feature / Amy Wilentz
Want Pentagon Cuts? Make Barney Frank a Senator Want Pentagon Cuts? Make Barney Frank a Senator
The former congressman, who wants an interim appointment to the Senate, says the Department of Defense “could get by with a lot less.”
Jan 9, 2013 / Blog / John Nichols
Hooray for Hagel Hooray for Hagel
Rarely has the McCarthyite smear of “anti-Semitism” been revealed to be so empty as in the case of Obama’s DoD nominee.
Jan 9, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman