Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/22/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/22/13)
This week, the drone debate continues, punctuated only by the tenth anniversary of another US power-play. Meanwhile, the Church got a new pope! And a Canadian immigration raid got ...
Mar 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
30 Seconds Over Toledo: How Political Ads Spell Trouble for TV News and Democracy 30 Seconds Over Toledo: How Political Ads Spell Trouble for TV News and Democracy
In the wake of Citizens United, big campaign donors are buying off not only politicians, but also the local news networks that cover them.
Mar 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson
Rethinking Israel-Palestine: Beyond Bantustans, Beyond Reservations Rethinking Israel-Palestine: Beyond Bantustans, Beyond Reservations
A just solution to the conflict—whether it results in one state or two—would dismantle those institutions that privilege any ethnic, religious or national group.
Mar 21, 2013 / Noura Erakat
The War Against Women, at Home and Abroad The War Against Women, at Home and Abroad
Our political system has turned thoroughly masculine, paranoid, quarrelsome, secretive, greedy, aggressive and violent—not unlike a wife beater.
Mar 21, 2013 / Ann Jones
What the UN Owes Haiti What the UN Owes Haiti
Despite the fact that its "peacekeepers" brought cholera to Haiti, the UN is refusing to fund obvious solutions.
Mar 20, 2013 / Isabeau Doucet
The American Legacy in Iraq The American Legacy in Iraq
On the tenth anniversary of the US invasion, the country is mired in a permanent crisis of sectarian violence, pervasive corruption and broken infrastructure.
Mar 20, 2013 / Feature / Patrick Cockburn
Bradley Manning Tried to Warn Us About the Crisis In Iraq. Will We Listen to Him Now? Bradley Manning Tried to Warn Us About the Crisis In Iraq. Will We Listen to Him Now?
Despite efforts to discredit him, Bradley Manning's extraordinary statement in court revealed that, like other whistleblowers, he was driven by his concern for the greater good...
Mar 20, 2013 / Kevin Gosztola
A Dying Iraq Vet’s Indictment of Bush and Cheney A Dying Iraq Vet’s Indictment of Bush and Cheney
Tomas Young accuses the White House of war crimes and murder, including that of “the thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole.&rdquo...
Mar 20, 2013 / John Nichols
WMD in Syria? Here We Go Again WMD in Syria? Here We Go Again
The invasion chorus is singing again—and making unfounded claims that forces in the conflict have used chemical weapons.
Mar 20, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
Tell President Obama and Congress: No War With Iran Tell President Obama and Congress: No War With Iran
Ten years after the US invasion of Iraq, it is imperative that we learn the lessons of the war that lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians and 4,483 US sold...
Mar 20, 2013 / NationAction