Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry Torture and Taboo: On Elaine Scarry
How the work of a literary critic became the proxy for our preoccupation with the horrors of torture.
Feb 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?
A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.
Feb 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton Good Riddance to Warmonger Hillary Clinton
As secretary of state, Clinton backed the Petraeus-CIA plan to go to war in Syria.
Feb 4, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Hagel Disaster The Hagel Disaster
He’ll probably be confirmed, but the former senator didn’t exactly stand tall.
Feb 1, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/1/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (2/1/2013)
This week: immigrants cross the US-Mexico border using GPS and poetry, US-trained armies around the world commit attrocities and pundits and politicians shoot themselves in the foo...
Feb 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Ten Ridiculous Questions From Chuck Hagel’s Confirmation Hearing Ten Ridiculous Questions From Chuck Hagel’s Confirmation Hearing
We just witnessed one of the most absurd, embarrassing hearings in recent Washington memory.
Jan 31, 2013 / George Zornick
Why Hagel So Frightens Neocons and Guardians of the Military-Industrial Complex Why Hagel So Frightens Neocons and Guardians of the Military-Industrial Complex
The former Republican senator has an independent streak that unsettles Republicans, and even some Democrats.
Jan 31, 2013 / John Nichols
Israel Joins the Sunni-Led Anti-Assad Coalition Israel Joins the Sunni-Led Anti-Assad Coalition
The airstrike on a convoy in Syria signals Israel will back the rebels, who may not even want its help.
Jan 31, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
NYU Program Makes Palestinians and Israelis Roommates NYU Program Makes Palestinians and Israelis Roommates
One young Palestinian woman explains the program that has brought eight students to NYU to share a bedroom with a student from the opposite territory, and spend twice a week in dia...
Jan 31, 2013 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin and StudentNation
Nick Turse: The US Military Regularly Killed Civilians in Vietnam Nick Turse: The US Military Regularly Killed Civilians in Vietnam
A new book shows that incidents like the My Lai massacre were part of the widescale killing of non-combatants.
Jan 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Press Room