Pro-Sanctions Group Targets Legal Humanitarian Trade With Iran Pro-Sanctions Group Targets Legal Humanitarian Trade With Iran
United Against Nuclear Iran targets legal trade with Iran as part of its divestment campaign.
Nov 13, 2014 / Eli Clifton and Ali Gharib
The Bad News About Burma The Bad News About Burma
During his second visit, Obama must confront troubling reports of backsliding reforms, attacks on civilians and evidence of war crimes.
Nov 13, 2014 / Daniel P. Sullivan and Foreign Policy In Focus
Former Gitmo Detainee: ‘It Is Time to Prosecute Those Responsible for My Torture’ Former Gitmo Detainee: ‘It Is Time to Prosecute Those Responsible for My Torture’
As the UN Committee Against Torture meets in Geneva, Murat Kurnaz urges justice for those detained and tortured at Guantánamo.
Nov 12, 2014 / Murat Kurnaz
The American Empire on the Psychiatrist’s Couch The American Empire on the Psychiatrist’s Couch
Exploring the roots of imperial depression.
Nov 11, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Washington Just Lost a Client State in West Africa. What Happens Now? Washington Just Lost a Client State in West Africa. What Happens Now?
With a US-trained military officer now running Burkina Faso, will Washington press for a democratic transition or legitimize a military coup?
Nov 7, 2014 / Sam Badger, Giorgio Cafiero, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Secession Fever Grows in Catalonia Secession Fever Grows in Catalonia
Barcelona and Madrid, which once made common cause against Franco, have ceased to understand each other.
Nov 7, 2014 / Monika Zgustova
Is the Justice Department Shielding an Anti-Iran Smear Campaign? Is the Justice Department Shielding an Anti-Iran Smear Campaign?
An anti-Iran group is accused in court of peddling false information anew while enjoying protection from the Obama Justice Department.
Nov 4, 2014 / Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton
Fatal Encounter: A Transgender Woman Meets the US Marine Corps Fatal Encounter: A Transgender Woman Meets the US Marine Corps
The murder of a transgender woman in the Philippines reveals the homophobia in the Marine Corps and the dangers of US military presence in the region.
Oct 29, 2014 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
76 Years Ago: Fairy Tales of the Economic Family, Recovering From Munich, a Letter From an Arab Communist 76 Years Ago: Fairy Tales of the Economic Family, Recovering From Munich, a Letter From an Arab Communist
Snippets from The Nation of October 29, 1938.
Oct 27, 2014 / Back Issues and Richard Kreitner
It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism It’s Time to Rethink American Exceptionalism
To believe that our nation has always been exceptional requires a suppression of ordinary skepticism and a belief that calls for extraordinary arrogance.
Oct 24, 2014 / David Bromwich