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Split on Airstrikes, Syrian Refugees Share Wish to Return Home

Split on Airstrikes, Syrian Refugees Share Wish to Return Home Split on Airstrikes, Syrian Refugees Share Wish to Return Home

The views of refugees in Jordan are shaped by their individual experiences of war and their collective expatriation from home. 

Sep 16, 2013 / Elizabeth Whitman

Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’

Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’ Yes, Harvard, the Climate Crisis Is an ‘Extraordinarily Rare Circumstance’

Harvard tells students and alumni that it will only consider divestment in "extraordinarily rare circumstances." Well, let's see...

Sep 16, 2013 / Wen Stephenson

Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council Bhairavi Desai of Taxi Workers Alliance Elected to AFL-CIO Executive Council

Bhairavi Desai, executive director of the Taxi Workers Alliance, makes history as a newly-elected member of the AFL-CIO Executive Council. 

Sep 16, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Navy Yard Shooting: A Jarring Reminder of America’s Gun Problem

Navy Yard Shooting: A Jarring Reminder of America’s Gun Problem Navy Yard Shooting: A Jarring Reminder of America’s Gun Problem

What will it take for Congress to finally act? Probably not another shooting, even in its backyard. 

Sep 16, 2013 / George Zornick

Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed

Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed Why the Defeat of Larry Summers Is About More Than the Fed

Obama has a chance to name a reformer as Fed Chair and make good on the "new politics" he promised in 2008.

Sep 16, 2013 / William Greider

‘Let’s Test Russia’s Resolve’

‘Let’s Test Russia’s Resolve’ ‘Let’s Test Russia’s Resolve’

Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the opportunity for collaboration with Russia in Syria.

Sep 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Demonizing Putin Endangers America’s Security

Demonizing Putin Endangers America’s Security Demonizing Putin Endangers America’s Security

Putin-bashing on the left and the right must stop in the interest of US national security.

Sep 16, 2013 / Column / Stephen F. Cohen

The Chance Putin Has Given Obama for Diplomacy

The Chance Putin Has Given Obama for Diplomacy The Chance Putin Has Given Obama for Diplomacy

Stephen F. Cohen went on CNN to talk about the opportunity Putin is giving the USA.

Sep 16, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen

Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell

Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell

You can do everything “right” in America, but if you’re black, racism will always pose a threat to your life.

Sep 16, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

How to Disarm During a Civil War

How to Disarm During a Civil War How to Disarm During a Civil War

If and when an inspection and disarmament commission is set up for Syria, can the UN mount a credible and effective mission?

Sep 16, 2013 / Barbara Crossette

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