Katrina vanden Heuvel to Bill Kristol: If You Want War So Badly, Join the Iraqi Army Katrina vanden Heuvel to Bill Kristol: If You Want War So Badly, Join the Iraqi Army
The Nation’s editor and publisher takes the notorious neo-con and Iraq war architect to task on ABC’s The Week.
Jun 30, 2014 / Press Room
Why Obama Needs to Ignore ‘Armchair Warriors’ and Focus on the Global Economy Why Obama Needs to Ignore ‘Armchair Warriors’ and Focus on the Global Economy
Obama’s real failure has been his inability to lead a global New Deal.
Jun 25, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
So Begins the Slow March Back into Iraq and Toward Disaster So Begins the Slow March Back into Iraq and Toward Disaster
Washington always imagines it can control combustible situations abroad. It can’t. And it won’t.
Jun 24, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid! It’s Still About the Oil, Stupid!
Once again, the media fails to address the issue underlying much of the violence in Iraq—control over its most precious resource.
Jun 24, 2014 / Michael Schwartz
Tell President Obama: No Military Force in Iraq Tell President Obama: No Military Force in Iraq
Military intervention in Iraq would inflame sectarian divisions and almost certainly kill civilians.
Jun 19, 2014 / NationAction
Americans Really Do Not Want to Be Part of Another War in Iraq Americans Really Do Not Want to Be Part of Another War in Iraq
Will the leaders listen to the people this time?
Jun 18, 2014 / John Nichols
How Iraq’s Crisis Got Started, and How it Didn’t How Iraq’s Crisis Got Started, and How it Didn’t
Tens of thousands may die, but ending the war in Iraq is now in the hands of Iran and Saudi Arabia, not the United States.
Jun 13, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Elections and Peace Talks Won’t Stem Colombia’s Violence Elections and Peace Talks Won’t Stem Colombia’s Violence
The presidential run-off this weekend and talks with the FARC are obscuring horrific violence in places like Buenaventura—and US multinationals are deeply implicated.
Jun 13, 2014 / Michael Norby and Brian Fitzpatrick
Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib Promoting a ‘Right to Heal’ From Fort Hood to Abu Ghraib
Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are holding the US government accountable for innocent victims on all sides of the fighting.
Apr 16, 2014 / Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
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