Jimmy Carter: Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba Jimmy Carter: Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba
The former US president calls for open travel for US citizens and freedom for Alan Gross and the Cuban Five.
Mar 30, 2011 / Peter Kornbluh
The Libya Intervention The Libya Intervention
Military “solutions” to grave humanitarian crises are tempting, but history shows that they rarely solve anything.
Mar 24, 2011 / The Editors
Obama Loves Nukes Obama Loves Nukes
Even as Fukushima threatens to unleash the greatest nuclear catastrophe since Chernobyl, the president champions nuclear power in the United States.
Mar 24, 2011 / Mark Hertsgaard
Noted. Noted.
Ari Berman on the firing of Northwestern journalism professor David Protess, Doug Henwood on Robert Fitch and John Nichols on Michigan's “emergency financial managers.”
Mar 24, 2011 / Various Contributors
NFL Lockout! NFL Lockout!
Here is the naked truth: we face the prospect of no pro football in 2011 because the union made a three-word demand that would not have cost owners a dime—open your books.
Mar 24, 2011 / Dave Zirin
Battle of Belgium Battle of Belgium
It is a battle royal, and it foreshadows many more like it in the struggle for the economic mastery of Europe.
Mar 21, 2011 / Daniel Singer
We Are All Wisconsinites Now We Are All Wisconsinites Now
How can the pro-worker movement born in the streets of Madison be nurtured into a national force?
Mar 17, 2011 / The Editors
Libya and the Dilemma of Intervention Libya and the Dilemma of Intervention
No-fly zones have, at best, a mixed record as a form of humanitarian intervention, and instituting one over Libya will do little to halt Qaddafi’s military advantages.
Mar 17, 2011 / The Editors
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on the smear campaign against NPR, Kate Murphy on fairly taxing the richest Americans and Molly O'Toole on southern Arizona's movement for secession—from Arizona
Mar 17, 2011 / Various Contributors
Hiroshima to Fukushima Hiroshima to Fukushima
The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.
Mar 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell