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Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25)

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.

Nov 23, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Total Power Is No Power for Spain’s People’s Party

Total Power Is No Power for Spain’s People’s Party Total Power Is No Power for Spain’s People’s Party

Mariano Rajoy’s right-wing party crushed the socialists, but Spain’s fate depends more on bond traders and central bankers than its cabinet.

Nov 23, 2011 / Andy Robinson

Obama’s China Syndrome

Obama’s China Syndrome Obama’s China Syndrome

In a momentous strategic shift, President Obama has begun a military buildup in East Asia in a foolish attempt to intimidate China. It will bring blowback, and a greater risk of wa...

Nov 22, 2011 / Michael T. Klare

Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?

Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes? Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?

The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we rea...

Nov 22, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Michele Bachmann Addresses the Zionist Organization of America Michele Bachmann Addresses the Zionist Organization of America

Extreme Israel hawks are increasingly just another part of the right-wing coalition. 

Nov 22, 2011 / Ben Adler

Zoned: On the European Union Zoned: On the European Union

The European Union exists in a no-man’s-land between democracy and technocracy.

Nov 22, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Henry Farrell

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/18) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/18)

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.

Nov 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

How the Movies Saved My Life How the Movies Saved My Life

Seeing the world in black and white (with subtitles).

Nov 17, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt

Police Surveillance in the Digital Age: 24/7, Without a Warrant Police Surveillance in the Digital Age: 24/7, Without a Warrant

That's what the Obama administration is arguing for, in a crucial case now before the Supreme Court.

Nov 16, 2011 / David Cole

Will Egypt’s Arab Spring Turn Into an Arab Nightmare?

Will Egypt’s Arab Spring Turn Into an Arab Nightmare? Will Egypt’s Arab Spring Turn Into an Arab Nightmare?

On the eve of elections, those who once united in defiance of the Mubarak regime have fragmented into antagonistic camps.

Nov 16, 2011 / Feature / Omneya El Naggar

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