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Watch the video showcasing the past five years of The Ridenhour Prizes - presenters, winners and the man in whose memory the awards were created, My Lai whistleblower and investigative journalist Ron Ridenhour.
Also watch the acceptance speeches of Courage Prize recipient Bill Moyers and Prize for Truth-Telling recipient Matthew Diaz.
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The World at 350: A Last Chance for Civilization
By Bill McKibben
If civilization is to survive on this planet, we need to reduce carbon emissions to 350 parts per million. McKibben makes a compelling argument for spreading the word. More |
By Elinor Langer (The Nation)
Langer untangles the complicated history surrounding the Hawaiian's loss of their homeland to the United States, and their ongoing struggle to win it back. More
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| NEW THIS WEEK FROM NATION INSTITUTE WRITERS |
By Ross Tuttle (The Nation)
Ethical conflicts and judicial dysfunction cloud the military commissions system at Guantánamo. Tuttle follows up on claims of "ethical violations" in the office of legal adviser Thomas Hartmann, and "suspect public reputation" of the military commissions process. More
Posted MAY 08 08
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By Pratap Chatterjee (CorpWatch)
The Nation Books author reports on the outsourcing of military intelligence and logistics. L-3, a Manhattan-based company which investigates Iraqis for U.S. officials, has just lost its contract for human rights abuses and for failing to recruit qualified translators. More
Posted APR 29 08
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By Karen Houppert (The Nation)
In the wake of Jamie Leigh Jones' highly publicized charges, a woman comes forward with new allegations of a brutal sexual assault and cover-up at a KBR camp in Iraq. More
Posted APR 21 08
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By Laura Rozen (Mother Jones online)
As the Adelson-backed Freedom's Watch mounts a pro-Petraeus campaign to coincide with the Iraq commander's congressional testimony, some conservatives are grumbling about the group and its bullheaded benefactor. More
Posted APR 08 08
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By Jeremy Scahill (The Nation)
An Iraqi translator is prosecuted and Blackwater has its contract renewed for another year, armed and dangerous in Baghdad. More
Posted APR 06 08
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By William Dalrymple (The New York Review of Books)
Dalymple analyzes the recent Pakistan elections, which handed victory to the secular, moderate parties, challenging the stereotype that compares Pakistan (typical Islamic failure) unfavorably with India (growing democratic success story). More
Posted APR 03 08
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By Art Levine (The American Prospect)
Using the Department of Justice, friendly governors, and its usual propaganda outlets, the GOP has propagated the myth of voter fraud to purge the rolls of non-Republicans. More
Posted APR 01 08
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By Wayne Barrett (The Huffington Post)
Michigan and Florida could become the Ralph Nader of 2000, the great regret that delivers the country once again to four years of darkness. More
Posted MAR 31 08
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By Scott Ritter (Truthdig)
The former chief weapons inspector remembers a dinner with Ahmed Chalabi, Sen. Trent Lott, former CIA director James Woolsey and others, where Chalabi's plans for regime change were discussed. More
Posted MAR 17 08
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By Matthew Cole (Salon)
Cole exposes the two faces of Pakistani foreign policy: the government receives billions of dollars from the United States to fight the Taliban while pursuing its own anti-American agenda in Afghanistan. More
Posted MAR 10 08
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