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Debt Forgiveness, Euro-Style Debt Forgiveness, Euro-Style

The big nations of the EU worked out a deal to resolve their financial crisis that does what US politicians lack the nerve to pursue. The Europeans are whacking the bankers big-...

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / William Greider

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28)

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

Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland

Clashes over the Occupy Oakland clearance leave an Iraq War veteran seriously wounded. As with the Bonus Army of 1932, vets who make economic demands at home find themselves u...

Oct 27, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols

Iraq: End of a Debacle Iraq: End of a Debacle

It was an ignominious end to America's worst foreign policy disaster since the Vietnam War, and the costs, for both Iraq and the United States, will be felt for some time.

Oct 26, 2011 / Editorial / The Editors

Libya After Qaddafi

Libya After Qaddafi Libya After Qaddafi

By ignoring the UN Security Council resolution’s mandate authorizing intervention, NATO may have destroyed the prospects for future legitimate uses of the principle of &ldquo...

Oct 26, 2011 / Editorial / Richard Falk

Solving for X: On George F. Kennan

Solving for X: On George F. Kennan Solving for X: On George F. Kennan

Unwrapping the enigma of the career diplomat who wrote the Long Telegram.

Oct 26, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21)

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

Oct 24, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman

Miguel Facussé, a biofuels magnate entangled with the drug trade, is waging a bloody war against campesinos—with American support.

Oct 21, 2011 / Dana Frank

After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq

After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq

In a stunning victory for the American peace movement and Iraqi opponents of the US occupation, virtually all US troops will withdraw from Iraq by this December 31.

Oct 20, 2011 / Tom Hayden

Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future

Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future

Ten years into the US occupation of Afghanistan, how can we effectively and humanely end an unwinnable war?

Oct 19, 2011 / Audio / The Nation

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