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Dave Zirin: The Human Cost of Olympic Gold Dave Zirin: The Human Cost of Olympic Gold

Either by oppression or by poverty, China and the United States use any means to get the gold.

Aug 10, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/9/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 9, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War Washington Puts Its Money on Proxy War

The election year outsourcing that no one is talking about.

Aug 9, 2012 / Nick Turse

Pussy Riot and the Two Russias

Pussy Riot and the Two Russias Pussy Riot and the Two Russias

Three members of Pussy Riot have been found guilty of hooliganism. Their protests sparked a wave of support for freedom of speech and human rights among Russians.

Aug 8, 2012 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Fatherland: On Héctor Abad Faciolince

Fatherland: On Héctor Abad Faciolince Fatherland: On Héctor Abad Faciolince

Oblivion re-creates the life of one of the many innocent victims of the Colombian conflict.

Aug 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Volpi

Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs? Can the Caravan of Peace End the War on Drugs?

More than 100 activists are traveling from the Mexican border to Washington, DC, to push the US to reconsider failed drug policies.

Aug 7, 2012 / Tom Hayden

The Hunger Wars in Our Future The Hunger Wars in Our Future

The summer of 2012 has been one of heat, drought, rising food costs and global unrest.

Aug 7, 2012 / Michael T. Klare

Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’ Avraham Burg, the ‘Times’ and ‘Anti-Zionism’

The writer lacerates Israel in an op-ed, but that doesn’t make the paper a bastion of anti-Zionism.

Aug 6, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss

Peter Kornbluh: WikiLeaks in Latin America Peter Kornbluh: WikiLeaks in Latin America

WikiLeaks revealed a Latin America dominated by American intervention and meddling. 

Aug 3, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (8/1/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Aug 2, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

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