As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels
Social media platforms are enabling women to speak out anonymously and show that harassment exists—but that hasn’t resulted in culture change.
Mar 18, 2014 / Feature / Elizabeth Whitman
A Captivating Mind A Captivating Mind
How Georgi Markov became the truth-teller of Bulgaria’s communist era, and paid for it with his life.
Mar 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Dimiter Kenarov
Move the Money Out of the Military Move the Money Out of the Military
Join The Nation and RootsAction in calling on Congress to keep military spending at sequester levels or lower and invest instead in vital programs at home.
Mar 18, 2014 / NationAction
A Precarious Victory in El Salvador A Precarious Victory in El Salvador
Washington is threatening to withhold development aid unless El Salvador adopts economic policies that Salvadorans just voted against.
Mar 18, 2014 / Madeleine Conway and Foreign Policy In Focus
Obama’s Response to the Crimea Vote Is Measured, So Far Obama’s Response to the Crimea Vote Is Measured, So Far
But the hawks are demanding much stronger measures.
Mar 17, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
How ‘Revolution’ Became an Adjective How ‘Revolution’ Became an Adjective
Over the decades, this catchall term has lost all bite and meaning.
Mar 17, 2014 / Lewis Lapham
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Horrific Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Horrific Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq
Iraqis continue to suffer, as much as ever, the fallout from this country’s callous lies and avoidable mistakes.
Mar 15, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific Disaster Militarism: Rethinking US Relief in the Asia-Pacific
Disaster relief has increasingly become part of the justification for increased US troop deployments in the Asia-Pacific region.
Mar 14, 2014 / Annie Isabel Fukushima, Ayano Ginoza, Michiko Hase, Gwyn Kirk, Deborah Lee, Taeva Shefler, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Tony Benn and the Five Essential Questions of Democracy Tony Benn and the Five Essential Questions of Democracy
The British parliamentarian, who has died at age 88, was one of history’s great champions of giving power to the people.
Mar 14, 2014 / John Nichols
The Endgame in Crimea The Endgame in Crimea
Can the referendum results be interpreted in a way that allows politicians in both Kiev and Crimea to save face?
Mar 14, 2014 / Nicolai N. Petro