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
Outrageous Fortuño Outrageous Fortuño
The combination of a four-year recession, a $3.2 billion deficit and a toxic Republican-style governor has turned Puerto Rico into a political powder keg.
Nov 11, 2009 / Ed Morales
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
Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky Evicted From His Own Head: On Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky
In the stories of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky, the landscape of the Russian revolution is hostile territory, and terrifying in its scope.
Nov 11, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Elaine Blair
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
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
Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount Gorbachev’s Sermon on the Mount
"Blessed are the peacemakers" certainly applies to Mikhail Gorbachev, a man not honored enough for the example he set.
Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer