Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Big Business Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater’s Secret Relationship with Big Business
Jeremy Scahill says secret documents reveal Blackwater's relationships with multinational corporations like Monsanto and Chevron, as well as to foreign governments.
Sep 20, 2010 / Democracy Now!
A New UN Voice Calls for Criminalizing Conflict Rape A New UN Voice Calls for Criminalizing Conflict Rape
Rape is not an inevitable consequence of war, says new UN special representative Margot Wallström. And there's far more UN peacekeeping troops could do to prevent it...
Sep 10, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Conversation: Barbara Crossette and Anja Rudiger on Human Rights in the US Conversation: Barbara Crossette and Anja Rudiger on Human Rights in the US
The Obama administration recently submitted a report on its own human rights record to the United Nations, becoming the first time US administration to do so. Barbara Crossette ...
Sep 9, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
US Profile on Human Rights Grows at the United Nations US Profile on Human Rights Grows at the United Nations
The Obama administration, emerging as a strong voice on international human rights issues within the UN, has submitted its first appraisal of the US's own human rights record.
Sep 1, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
After 65 Years, A UN Agency for Women After 65 Years, A UN Agency for Women
"Gender mainstreaming" at the United Nations failed. Will an agency solely dedicated to promoting women's rights in development do better?
Jul 7, 2010 / Barbara Crossette
Iran Sanctions: Not Just Useless but Counterproductive Iran Sanctions: Not Just Useless but Counterproductive
The new UN sanctions on Iran mark the fourth time that the United States has tried this approach—President Bush tried it thrice. It didn't work then, and it won't work n...
Jun 9, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
UN Slams US Drone Killings UN Slams US Drone Killings
A UN panel issues a blistering attack on the American policy of "extrajudicial killings," i.e., the drone attacks. Its author says that the US is opening a Pandora's...
Jun 3, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Letters Letters
Letter published in the May 3, 2010, issue of The Nation.
Apr 14, 2010 / Our Readers, D.D. Guttenplan, and Maria Margaronis
Haiti’s Excluded Haiti’s Excluded
How the earthquake aid regime sidelines those it intends to help.
Mar 11, 2010 / Feature / Reed Lindsay
NATO’s Role in the Afghanistan Escalation NATO’s Role in the Afghanistan Escalation
As part of an attempt to frame the surge as an important move towards negotiations with the Taliban, NATO countries are set to contribute 7,000 soldiers for the Afghanistan war.
Jan 27, 2010 / Feature / Tom Hayden