How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti How Humanitarian Aid Weakened Post-Earthquake Haiti
The chaotic rebuilding effort has actually widened the country’s social rifts, bringing the first emancipated black Republic under the yoke of a new kind of imperialism.
Sep 2, 2014 / Michelle Chen
How John Walker Lindh Became ‘Detainee 001’ How John Walker Lindh Became ‘Detainee 001’
The father of a young man captured while fighting for the Taliban in 2001 reminds us of the “dark side” of US policy after 9/11.
Aug 29, 2014 / Frank Lindh
What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common What the Twin Plagues of ISIS and Ebola Have in Common
Both thrive on the breakdown of the existing social order.
Aug 28, 2014 / John Feffer and Foreign Policy In Focus
The ‘Washington Post’ Op-Ed Page Wants More War (Again) The ‘Washington Post’ Op-Ed Page Wants More War (Again)
Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on The Washington Post's call for war.
Aug 28, 2014 / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Stephen Cohen: Kiev Intensifies Mortar Attacks in Eastern Ukraine Stephen Cohen: Kiev Intensifies Mortar Attacks in Eastern Ukraine
Stephen Cohen has the latest analysis of the situation in Ukraine.
Aug 28, 2014 / Stephen F. Cohen
Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom Why the ‘Unhiring’ of Steven Salaita Is a Threat to Academic Freedom
Under the spurious claim of protecting “civility,” the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has caved in to the McCarthyite bullying of the Israel lobby.
Aug 27, 2014 / David Palumbo-Liu
Patriotic Heresy vs. the New Cold War Patriotic Heresy vs. the New Cold War
Fallacies of US policy may be leading to war with Russia.
Aug 27, 2014 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen
Is Diplomacy Now Possible in Ukraine? Is Diplomacy Now Possible in Ukraine?
“We are in the classic fog of war,” says Stephen Cohen.
Aug 27, 2014 / The Nation
Deep Pockets Deep Pockets
For parts of Iraq where our soldiers have died, The ISIS jihadists are serious contenders. So goes the resistance that Rumsfeld described As nothing but pockets of hopeless dead-enders.
Aug 27, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
US Condemnation of Press Restrictions Abroad Is Starting to Look Hypocritical US Condemnation of Press Restrictions Abroad Is Starting to Look Hypocritical
Here at home, those charged with protecting our press freedom are endangering it instead.
Aug 27, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel