America After 9/11 America After 9/11
A systematic look at the patterns of rights abuses in the United States’ domestic “war on terror” since September 11, 2001.
Jan 2, 2014 / The Nation
NSA, Benghazi and the Monsters of Our Own Creation NSA, Benghazi and the Monsters of Our Own Creation
Relinquishing privacy and transparency has stifled genuine public debate about the goals of our policy and left us both stupid and weak.
Jan 2, 2014 / Robert Scheer
The Benghazi ‘Al Qaeda’ Myth The Benghazi ‘Al Qaeda’ Myth
The New York Times demolishes conspiracy theories with plain, old-fashioned good reporting.
Jan 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
How Tarek Mehanna Went to Prison for a Thought Crime How Tarek Mehanna Went to Prison for a Thought Crime
As the government embraces a “counter-radicalization” approach to counterterrorism, prosecutors are turning radical beliefs into criminal acts.
Dec 31, 2013 / Amna Akbar
The US Has Bombed at Least Eight Wedding Parties Since 2001 The US Has Bombed at Least Eight Wedding Parties Since 2001
Why are so many of our “surgical” strikes going so terribly wrong?
Dec 20, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
How the Government Misled the Supreme Court on Warrantless Wiretapping How the Government Misled the Supreme Court on Warrantless Wiretapping
The Snowden revelations have vindicated The Nation and the ACLU. When will the government correct the record and stop the abuses?
Dec 18, 2013 / Jameel Jaffer and Patrick C. Toomey
Murder in Yemen Murder in Yemen
How does Obama justify killing innocents this time?
Dec 18, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats Fateful Decision for Germany’s Social Democrats
Can they survive another grand coalition with Angela Merkel’s CDU—and is it too late to rejuvenate the party that once subordinated capitalism to the public good?
Dec 10, 2013 / Norman Birnbaum
Repression Deepens in Egypt Repression Deepens in Egypt
At first it was the Muslim Brotherhood. Now dozens of journalists, non-Islamist activists and students have been detained and beaten.
Dec 9, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror How the CIA Bungled the War on Terror
It's like Hollywood without the happy ending.
Dec 5, 2013 / Pratap Chatterjee