Is Anyone Covering Iraq Anymore? Is Anyone Covering Iraq Anymore?
The Iraq war wasn't one of the US media's finer moments. But six years on, have they improved?
Mar 19, 2009 / GRITtv
Redefining National Security Redefining National Security
Some military analysts are warning Obama that insurencies, revolts and economically driven instability could threaten our way of life. It's a path fraught with hazards.
Mar 12, 2009 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Obama’s Iraq Exit Obama’s Iraq Exit
Obama's exit plan leaves unresolved the role of private security contractors and the residual force of as many as 50,000 troops that will remain in place.
Mar 5, 2009 / The Editors
Partial Peace, Looming War Partial Peace, Looming War
The peace movement claims victory with Obama's promise to pull US troops from Iraq by 2011. But elsewhere in a volatile world, a long war looms.
Mar 1, 2009 / Tom Hayden
Economically Fueled Upheaval Economically Fueled Upheaval
As people lose confidence in the ability of markets and governments to solve the global crisis, the likeliness of violence increases.
Feb 27, 2009 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Barney Frank: ‘Cut the Military Budget’ Barney Frank: ‘Cut the Military Budget’
In a 2009 Nation editorial the Congressman passionately called for money for healthcare, not warfare.
Feb 12, 2009 / Barney Frank
Cut the Military Budget–I Cut the Military Budget–I
Reining in the Pentagon's wanton spending habits is going to be a long, hard slog.
Feb 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Business of War The Business of War
Even as congress denies billions in assistance to states, there is little if any talk of cutting US defense spending. Who's profiting and what is their interest in maintaining a wa...
Feb 10, 2009 / GRITtv
Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates? Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater: Leaving Iraq, Chasing Pirates?
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill reports that while Blackwater's Iraq contract won't be renewed, the powerful military corporation has no plans to slow down.
Feb 4, 2009 / Brett Story
Patrick Cockburn on America’s Defeat Patrick Cockburn on America’s Defeat
Patrick Cockburn, David Enders and Bassam Haddad discuss the recent elections in Iraq and the withdrawal of American troops.
Feb 4, 2009 / GRITtv