Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/28)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Oct 27, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland Vet Survived Iraq, Only to Be Wounded Defending Civil Liberties in Oakland
Clashes over the Occupy Oakland clearance leave an Iraq War veteran seriously wounded. As with the Bonus Army of 1932, vets who make economic demands at home find themselves u...
Oct 27, 2011 / John Nichols
Iraq: End of a Debacle Iraq: End of a Debacle
It was an ignominious end to America's worst foreign policy disaster since the Vietnam War, and the costs, for both Iraq and the United States, will be felt for some time.
Oct 26, 2011 / The Editors
Libya After Qaddafi Libya After Qaddafi
By ignoring the UN Security Council resolution’s mandate authorizing intervention, NATO may have destroyed the prospects for future legitimate uses of the principle of &ldquo...
Oct 26, 2011 / Richard Falk
Solving for X: On George F. Kennan Solving for X: On George F. Kennan
Unwrapping the enigma of the career diplomat who wrote the Long Telegram.
Oct 26, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/21)
Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Oct 24, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman WikiLeaks Honduras: US Linked to Brutal Businessman
Miguel Facussé, a biofuels magnate entangled with the drug trade, is waging a bloody war against campesinos—with American support.
Oct 21, 2011 / Dana Frank
After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq After Nearly Nine Years of War and Occupation, America to Withdraw All Troops From Iraq
In a stunning victory for the American peace movement and Iraqi opponents of the US occupation, virtually all US troops will withdraw from Iraq by this December 31.
Oct 20, 2011 / Tom Hayden
Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future Nation Conversations: Katrina vanden Heuvel and Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan’s Future
Ten years into the US occupation of Afghanistan, how can we effectively and humanely end an unwinnable war?
Oct 19, 2011 / The Nation
Cuba Rethinks the Revolution Cuba Rethinks the Revolution
Under Raúl Castro, major economic reforms are shrinking the state-run economy and making room for a greatly expanded private sector.
Oct 19, 2011 / Feature / Michelle Chase