A Man-Made Disaster A Man-Made Disaster
3/11 will go down in history as a day that fundamentally changed the environment of modern Japan.
Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Hiroshi Senju
Canaries in the Coal Mine Canaries in the Coal Mine
After 3/11, there is no way we can go back to how things used to be.
Aug 10, 2011 / Feature / Banana Yoshimoto
Why We Aren’t Like Greece Why We Aren’t Like Greece
Deficit hawks argue that excessive government spending drives the US’s debt woes. They're wrong.
Aug 10, 2011 / Dean Baker
20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide 20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide
A new study says colleges are unprepared to educate the more than one million veterans expected to enter institutions of higher learning in the next decade.
Aug 9, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe
Hawks Hysterical Over Pentagon Cuts Hawks Hysterical Over Pentagon Cuts
Nothing's even decided yet, but the neocons are up in arms over arms spending.
Aug 9, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy
Survivors of the first nuclear tragedies are now campaigning not only against nuclear weapons, but now also against the dangers of nuclear power.
Aug 9, 2011 / Press Room
From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy From Hiroshima to Fukushima: Japan’s Nuclear Legacy
Survivors of the first nuclear tragedies are now campaigning not only against nuclear weapons, but now also against the dangers of nuclear power.
Aug 9, 2011 / Democracy Now!
What Lies Ahead in Syria? What Lies Ahead in Syria?
As the Assad regime cracks down on protesters, it is waging a propaganda war on Syrians and stoking fears of a civil war.
Aug 9, 2011
Jeremy Scahill: No Accountability for US Torture Jeremy Scahill: No Accountability for US Torture
Despite Obama’s claims that closing Guantanamo would take priority on his agenda as president, infamous Bush-era policies have quietly expanded under his administration. ...
Aug 5, 2011 / Press Room
Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt Nation Conversations: Roane Carey and Paul Wachter on Squash in Egypt
Despite Hosni Mubarak's support for their sport, Egyptian squash players now show no sympathy for the fallen dictator.
Aug 4, 2011 / The Nation