Drones, Defense and Diplomas Drones, Defense and Diplomas
University leaders and government officials are collaborating on drone research, provoking troubling questions about privacy, academic independence and economic profit.
Dec 4, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Max Ocean
A Daughter’s Memory A Daughter’s Memory
Three decades after World War II, a veteran returns to Japan on a quest of kindness.
Dec 3, 2013 / Michele Willens
Ending the Cuba Travel Crisis Ending the Cuba Travel Crisis
Irrational US policy is keeping hundreds of thousands of Cubans from spending the holidays with their families.
Dec 3, 2013 / Tom Hayden
The Enduring Cult of the Vietnam ‘Missing in Action’ The Enduring Cult of the Vietnam ‘Missing in Action’
How a propaganda goof by Richard Nixon’s administration midwifed an urban legend that scarred American foreign policy and domestic politics for a generation.
Dec 3, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Could Google and the NSA Make Whistleblowers Disappear? Could Google and the NSA Make Whistleblowers Disappear?
There will be no need to kill a future Edward Snowden. He will already be dead.
Dec 3, 2013 / Peter Van Buren
Swiss Activists: Let’s Cap CEO Pay Swiss Activists: Let’s Cap CEO Pay
An initiative to do just that failed at the ballot box, but gave us all some welcome inspiration.
Dec 2, 2013 / Sarah Anderson and Sam Pizzigati
An Advice Column on the Etiquette of War, Nuclear Threats, and Surveillance An Advice Column on the Etiquette of War, Nuclear Threats, and Surveillance
Colonel Manners (ret.) answers your questions.
Dec 2, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Crisis in Ukraine: Satellite of Moscow or Squeeze by the IMF? Crisis in Ukraine: Satellite of Moscow or Squeeze by the IMF?
Either way, Kerry should keep his eye on the need to work closely with Moscow.
Dec 2, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Letter to ‘The New York Times’ A Letter to ‘The New York Times’
The Grey Lady’s recent editorial on Ukraine and Vladimir Putin was one-dimensional and ideological.
Dec 2, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen
Twenty-seven Questions for Stephen F. Cohen from Russia’s Leading Opposition Newspaper Twenty-seven Questions for Stephen F. Cohen from Russia’s Leading Opposition Newspaper
Questions from Novaya Gazeta on the Soviet Union, segregation and Russia today.
Dec 2, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen