Haiti’s Hurricane Struggles Haiti’s Hurricane Struggles
Turning away from the US elections for a moment, we can find plenty of places suffering not from a hurricane of campaign cash, but from actual hurricanes, bringing with them immedi...
Nov 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia Nation Conversations: Amitava Kumar and Hari Kunzru on Islamophobia
At the conclusion of a campaign season marred by Islamaphobic flash-points, how will politicians' increasing scapegoating of Muslim communities play out on the national and inter...
Nov 8, 2010 / The Nation
Guantánamo at Home? Guantánamo at Home?
Despite all the focus on Guantánamo, are a great many of America’s domestic prisons also beyond the rule of law?
Nov 8, 2010 / TomDispatch
The Lies of Islamophobia The Lies of Islamophobia
When it comes to US foreign policy and the Muslim world, it’s as if we remain fixed in the eleventh century in a perpetual battle of “us” against “the...
Nov 8, 2010 / John Feffer
Guantánamo, Exception or Rule? Guantánamo, Exception or Rule?
Despite all the focus on Guantánamo, a great many of America’s domestic prisons also routinely abuse inmates and in actual practice are often beyond the rule of law.
Nov 8, 2010 / Chase Madar
Midterm Election Results a Setback for Peace Midterm Election Results a Setback for Peace
Democrats collaborated with Republicans in keeping Afghanistan and Iraq out of the election debate. Why? Because they've become Obama's wars.
Nov 4, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Obama Must Acknowledge Iran’s Right to Enrich Obama Must Acknowledge Iran’s Right to Enrich
So far, the president hasn't declared that Iran has the right to enrich uranium, even as part of a final deal to settle the crisis over the Iranian nuclear program. It's time.
Nov 4, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Brazil’s First Lady Brazil’s First Lady
Dilma Rousseff has taken over from Lula’s legacy, which has helped put an end to the Washington Consensus.
Nov 3, 2010 / Kenneth Rapoza
Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe Saudi Arabia: Key to Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Palestine? Maybe
King Abdullah tries to broker an deal in Iraq, settle with the Taliban, solve the Fatah-Hamas divide and, yes, he's talking to Ahmadinejad, too.
Nov 2, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Briefing: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Afghanistan Briefing: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s Afghanistan
"The US has basically already lost the war in Afghanistan," says Jeremy Scahill, just back from two weeks reporting unembedded in that country.
Nov 1, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV