Blackwater in Pakistan: Gates Confirms Blackwater in Pakistan: Gates Confirms
In the past two days, both Defense Secretary Robert Gates and a Pakistani senior minister have confirmed that Blackwater is operating in Pakistan.
Jan 22, 2010 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
UN Diplomat Lost to Haiti’s Earthquake UN Diplomat Lost to Haiti’s Earthquake
Among the dead in Haiti are the UN workers who were trying to make the nation a better place.
Jan 22, 2010 / Feature / Dan Bischoff
Nation Pushes IMF to Cancel Haiti’s debt Nation Pushes IMF to Cancel Haiti’s debt
Amid mounting public pressure and calls for restructuring from The Nation, the IMF turns its $100 million loan to Haiti into a grant.
Jan 22, 2010 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Petraeus Gets It Wrong Petraeus Gets It Wrong
Yesterday, I had a chance to question General David Petraeus about President Obama's Afghan timetable, and what he had to say leads one to suspect that if Petraeus, McChrystal, and...
Jan 22, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster Covering Haiti: When the Media Is the Disaster
It's time to banish the word "looting" from the media vocabulary in times of disaster.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit
The Haiti Haters The Haiti Haters
In this moment of death and destruction, we should not turn away.
Jan 21, 2010 / Amy Wilentz
What Haiti Is Owed What Haiti Is Owed
For much of Haiti's existence, foreign powers have used debt not just to control but to plunder it.
Jan 21, 2010 / The Editors
Free Nazia Quazi Free Nazia Quazi
How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?
Jan 21, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Muscling Latin America Muscling Latin America
The Pentagon has a new Monroe Doctrine.
Jan 21, 2010 / Feature / Greg Grandin
Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti Security Contractors Set Sights on Haiti
Jeremy Scahill discusses how Haiti's earthquake creates the perfect environment for security contractors to intervene and take advantage of the lawless state.
Jan 21, 2010 / Countdown