‘We Can’t Remake Afghanistan’ ‘We Can’t Remake Afghanistan’
Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power, weighs in on how President Obama failed to consider the containment option in Afghanistan.
Apr 1, 2009 / Feature / Russ Hoyle
Pancho Villa Puts US in Difficult Position Pancho Villa Puts US in Difficult Position
President Wilson sent troops to Mexico to capture Pancho Villa, and now he's keeping them there with an eye toward the 1916 election.
Apr 1, 2009 / Feature / The Editors
The Tale of the Teapot The Tale of the Teapot
Warren Harding may have shouldered most of the blame, but in the biggest scandal of the 1920s, it's clear a lot of well-connected people were drinking from the teapot.
Apr 1, 2009 / Feature / William Hard
I Love Bill Moyers, but He’s Wrong About Socialism I Love Bill Moyers, but He’s Wrong About Socialism
Finally there is an audience willing to listen, albeit warily, to a challenge to capitalism.
Apr 1, 2009 / Feature / Joanne Landy
Socialists, Out and Proud Socialists, Out and Proud
It's time to come out of our political closets and say openly that another world is not only possible but necessary.
Apr 1, 2009 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Higher Education Takes a Hit Higher Education Takes a Hit
As university budgets dwindle, adjunct professors around the country are looking to unionize in a desperate effort to protect their jobs.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana
US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats US Envoy Writes of Israeli Threats
In a forthcoming memoir, John Gunther Dean writes about not only pressure from pro-Israeli officials in Washington but attempts on his life for reaching out to the Palestinians.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun? Blue Gold: Have the Next Resource Wars Begun?
How we decide to manage water will determine whether our future is peaceful or perilous.
Mar 31, 2009 / Feature / Tara Lohan
Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions Tell ‘The Nation’: Americans Ask the Hard Questions
Dispatches from Nation readers who are making the most of difficult times.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Our Readers
The Great Afghan Bailout The Great Afghan Bailout
As with AIG, the American people could end up 'owning' 80 percent of the Afghanistan-Pakistan project without ever 'nationalizing' it.
Mar 30, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt