Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad Impunity at Home, Rendition Abroad
How two administrations and both parties made illegality the American way of life.
Aug 14, 2012 / Alfred W. McCoy
Quebec Students Vote on Whether to Continue Strike Quebec Students Vote on Whether to Continue Strike
Students’ enthusiasm for the strike might be wavering only a few months ahead of provincial elections.
Aug 14, 2012 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny
Attacks on Chile’s Indigenous Peoples Thwart Efforts at Land Reparations Attacks on Chile’s Indigenous Peoples Thwart Efforts at Land Reparations
The indigenous Mapuche people have been trying to reclaim their ancestral lands for the past ten years, but Chilean authorities have only reacted with force.
Aug 13, 2012 / Brittany Peterson
Obama’s Regime-Change Policy in Syria Obama’s Regime-Change Policy in Syria
When you’re a superpower, you can do anything you want to, it seems.
Aug 13, 2012 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
On the Ground in Zabadani, a Syrian Town in Revolt On the Ground in Zabadani, a Syrian Town in Revolt
Seventeen months since the Syrian revolution began, residents of this town have grown grimly accustomed to a daily routine of indiscriminate violence.
Aug 13, 2012 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
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
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
Oblivion re-creates the life of one of the many innocent victims of the Colombian conflict.
Aug 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jorge Volpi