War and Peace

Across the Great Divide: David Finkel’s Iraq Across the Great Divide: David Finkel’s Iraq

Against the background of the surge, David Finkel twists the concept of wartime good into a cosmic joke.

Nov 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Unemployment and the Afghan Debate Unemployment and the Afghan Debate

The Nation's John Nichols discuss the correlation between the low unemployment numbers and our foreign policy.

Nov 18, 2009 / GRITtv

Welcome Home, War! Welcome Home, War!

Will the Afghan and Iraq wars lead to a surveillance state here in the US?

Nov 13, 2009 / Feature / Alfred W. McCoy

Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban? Why Is the US Paying Off the Taliban?

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill appears on MSNBC to discuss his colleague Aram Roston's new investigation into how the US funds the Taliban.

Nov 13, 2009 / MSNBC

Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban

Brave New Films founder Robert Greenwald praises Aram Roston's shocking new Nation piece on how the US funds the Taliban.

Nov 13, 2009 / The Ed Show

New Report Reveals US Funds the Taliban New Report Reveals US Funds the Taliban

Nation contributor Aram Roston on how the US government is financing the very same insurgent forces in Afghanistan that American and NATO soldiers are fighting.

Nov 12, 2009 / Press Room

A Year of Obama A Year of Obama

Since the president took office, his administration has yielded one surrender after another.

Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Fifty-Year War The Fifty-Year War

We learned so much, at such cost, in Vietnam. Why must we learn it all again in Afghanistan?

Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

How the US Funds the Taliban

How the US Funds the Taliban How the US Funds the Taliban

With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops

Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Aram Roston

Money Talks for Blackwater in Iraq Money Talks for Blackwater in Iraq

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on the revelation that Blackwater bribed local Iraqis following the Nisour Square massacre.

Nov 11, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show

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