Samantha Power’s Testimony Confirms Foreign Policy Orthodoxy Samantha Power’s Testimony Confirms Foreign Policy Orthodoxy
The nominee for US ambassador to the United Nations said Security Council authorization should not be necessary for military action.
Jul 17, 2013 / Zoë Carpenter
The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies The MSM and the Snowden Affair: Where True Loyalty Lies
Why, to Beltway reporters, Glenn Greenwald is no Bob Woodward.
Jul 17, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman
How to Be a Rogue Superpower How to Be a Rogue Superpower
A manual for the twenty-first century.
Jul 16, 2013 / Tom Engelhardt
Surveillance Blowback Surveillance Blowback
The making of the US surveillance state, 1898–2020.
Jul 16, 2013 / Alfred W. McCoy
Iran, Israel and Palestine—Does Kerry Have A Plan? An Idea? Anything? Iran, Israel and Palestine—Does Kerry Have A Plan? An Idea? Anything?
He’s back for the sixth time in six months.
Jul 15, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Secretary Kerry’s Mission Impossible in Israel-Palestine Secretary Kerry’s Mission Impossible in Israel-Palestine
Washington’s assurances that it will defend Israel no matter what it does, however objectionable, kill any hope of a two-state solution to the conflict.
Jul 11, 2013 / Henry Siegman
Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers Jeremy Scahill: The War Against Whistleblowers
What a country's treatment of its own citizens says about how it will treat non-citizens.
Jul 11, 2013 / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions
Egypt’s Fake Mass ‘Rebellion’? Egypt’s Fake Mass ‘Rebellion’?
More and more, it seems that the revolt that mobilized against the Muslim Brotherhood was manipulated by the powers-that-be.
Jul 11, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Scenes of Chaos in Egypt Scenes of Chaos in Egypt
Deadly clashes shock a nation fresh off the heels of a military coup.
Jul 10, 2013 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Political Violence and Privilege Political Violence and Privilege
Why violent right-wing extremism doesn’t scare Americans.
Jul 9, 2013 / Matthew Harwood