Why Are 50,000 South Sudanese Children on the Brink of Death? Why Are 50,000 South Sudanese Children on the Brink of Death?
A man-made famine in South Sudan is brutal evidence of the limits of American nation-building in Africa.
Aug 7, 2014 / Nick Turse
Remembering the Folly of ‘Blank-Check’ War and ‘Escalation Unlimited’ Remembering the Folly of ‘Blank-Check’ War and ‘Escalation Unlimited’
Fifty years ago, Senators Wayne Morse and Ernest Gruening cast visionary votes against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and war in Southeast Asia.
Aug 7, 2014 / John Nichols
How the US and Russian Media Are Covering the Ukrainian Crisis How the US and Russian Media Are Covering the Ukrainian Crisis
What’s missing from the coverage and why it matters.
Aug 6, 2014 / Gilbert Doctorow
Senators to Obama: Stop Censoring the Torture Report Senators to Obama: Stop Censoring the Torture Report
Lawmakers say the CIA redacted “key facts” from a long-awaited investigation into the agency’s cruel interrogation tactics.
Aug 6, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive It Is a Wonder We Are Still Alive
Sixty-nine years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, beginning a countdown toward the inglorious end of our species.
Aug 5, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank? Is Another Intifada Possible in the West Bank?
Israel’s war on Gaza has provoked both peaceful and armed resistance in the West Bank, a simmering situation over which the largely discredited PA is losing control.
Aug 5, 2014 / Dalia Hatuqa
Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I Great War: The View From America at the Start of World War I
The Nation recognized that US isolation would be tested as never before, but didn’t even consider intervention as a possibility.
Aug 5, 2014 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Circular Debate: Special Israel/Palestine Edition Circular Debate: Special Israel/Palestine Edition
Debates about Israel’s war in Gaza tend to follow a predictable pattern.
Aug 5, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Does the United States Have 17 Different Intelligence Agencies? Why Does the United States Have 17 Different Intelligence Agencies?
We have built over thirty building complexes for top-secret intelligence work since 2001—and our security state just keeps growing.
Aug 4, 2014 / Tom Engelhardt
Does Donetsk Have a Future in the New Ukraine? Does Donetsk Have a Future in the New Ukraine?
Can a region betrayed once by the USSR and again by Ukraine find stability in autonomy?
Aug 1, 2014 / Lewis Siegelbaum