Chile’s Explosion of Protest Chile’s Explosion of Protest
A huge dam project that would despoil the wild Patagonia region and draconian cutbacks in education funding have sparked massive demonstrations against the conservative government.
Oct 12, 2011 / Jimmy Langman
The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun The Cyber Arms Race Has Begun
Governments are ramping up investment in cyberweaponry as well as cybersecurity, opening a dark new frontier.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Misha Glenny
Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street Cyberactivism From Egypt to Occupy Wall Street
The battle for the Internet has politicized prankster cybercollectives like Anonymous--and now authorities are cracking down.
Oct 12, 2011 / Feature / Laurie Penny
Gandhi and South Africa Gandhi and South Africa
Why was Joseph Lelyveld’s history of Gandhi’s years in South Africa attacked by India’s Hindu right?
Oct 12, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Martha C. Nussbaum
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/7/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/7/11)
Read about this week's important stories around the world, and leave your comments.
Oct 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Salvador Allende Has Words for Barack Obama From the Other Side of Death Salvador Allende Has Words for Barack Obama From the Other Side of Death
As the 2012 election draws closer, what can Obama learn from the many battles of Chile's most famous president?
Oct 11, 2011 / Ariel Dorfman
Bloodbath in Cairo: An Eyewitness Account Bloodbath in Cairo: An Eyewitness Account
In some of the worst violence since the revolution, a peaceful march of mostly Coptic Christians was brutally attacked by Egyptian security forces, leaving 25 people dead and 300 i...
Oct 11, 2011 / Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Malalai Joya’s Message on the 10th Anniversary of the Afghanistan War Malalai Joya’s Message on the 10th Anniversary of the Afghanistan War
An outspoken critic of the Karzai administration and its western supporters, Joya's perspective is not one you find often in the US media.
Oct 8, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Will Anna Politkovskaya’s Killer Finally Face Justice? Will Anna Politkovskaya’s Killer Finally Face Justice?
Five years after the death of the Russian journalist, police have arrested a central figure in the murder. But will the investigation get to the bottom of all the uncomfortable tru...
Oct 7, 2011 / Adam Federman
WikiLeaks Haiti: US Cables Paint Portrait of Brutal, Ineffectual and Polluting UN Force WikiLeaks Haiti: US Cables Paint Portrait of Brutal, Ineffectual and Polluting UN Force
As the renewal date for the UN mission in Haiti nears, WikiLeaks cables reveal a litany of MINUSTAH’s failures.
Oct 6, 2011 / Dan Coughlin