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Sarah Garland's investigation into rival gangs in Long Island, Gangs in Garden City: How Immigration, Segregation, and Youth Violence are Changing America’s Suburbs (Nation Books, 2009), was adapted into a New York Times cover story in the Metropolitan section. Also watch the accompanying video.
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Refusing to Comply: The Tactics of Resistance in an All-Volunteer Military
By Dahr Jamail
"Right now, acts of dissent, refusal, and resistance in the all-volunteer military remain small-scale and scattered," writes Dahr Jamail, in an essay supported by the Investigative Fund. "Nevertheless, the ongoing dissent that does exist in the U.S. military, however fragmented and overlooked at the moment, should not be discounted."
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Eugene Richards, an Institute Fellow, is the winner of the 2009 Amnesty Media Award for photographic journalism and the 2009 Deadline Club Award. Senior Fellow Chris Hedges's July 2007 Nation investigation, The Other War was listed among Project Censored's Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009. IFUND grantee Gabriel Thompson has won the 2007-2008 Studs Terkel Media Award; grantee and Nick Turse got an honorable mention at the Molly National Journalism Prize. More
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Book Review (Washington Times)
The Washington Times reviewed the recent Nation Books title, China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing's Expansion in Africa, calling the work "an important contribution." They add that "'China Safari' tackles an important and largely underreported topic with an engaging and lively verve" and that "the book offers a series of witty vignettes derived from the authors' extensive reportage throughout the African continent and China." More
Posted JUN 30 09
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By Katha Pollitt (Wowowow)
The award-winning author, essayist, Shaffer Fellow at The Nation Institute and Nation columnist on the paradox of literature’s most — and least — popular art. Her newest book of poetry, The Mind-Body Problem, was released in June. More
Posted JUN 30 09
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By Brian A. Nelson (Christian Science Monitor)
Ten years in, a capitalist elite has merely been replaced by a quasi-socialist elite with little regard for Venezuelans, writes the Nation Book author of The Silence and the Scorpion.
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Posted JUN 25 09
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By Clive Stafford Smith (The Guardian)
"Bagram is the evil twin of Guantánamo Bay, if rather more cut off from the world, and all things we consider civilised. Even Tony Blair eventually condemned Guantánamo. When will the Brown government stand up for its principles and apply the same rule to Bagram?" asks the Nation Books author and lawyer to Guantánamo prisoners. More
Posted JUN 24 09
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By Chris Hedges (Common Dreams)
"The fight of the Iranian people is our fight. And, perhaps for the first time, we can match our actions to our ideals," writes the Senior Fellow. "Let us, for once, be on the side of those who share our democratic ideals." More
Posted JUN 22 09
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By Shane Bauer (The Nation)
In 2003 the Green Berets began training young Iraqis with no military experience in the desert of Jordan. The resulting brigade was a deadly, elite, covert unit fitted with American equipment that would operate for years under U.S. command and be unaccountable to the normal political process. More
Posted JUN 22 09
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By Sarah Garland (The New York Times)
Read about rival Long Island gangs in this adaptation of Gangs in Garden City by Nation Books author Sarah Garland. Her book will be out on June 29. More
Posted JUN 21 09
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By Matt Kennard (Salon)
Why is the U.S. military ignoring its own regulations and permitting white supremacists to join its ranks? Kennard finds that as conflicts have dragged on, "the military has loosened regulations, issuing 'moral waivers' in many cases, allowing even those with criminal records to join up." More
Posted JUN 15 09
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Interview with Eduardo Galeano (The Philadelphia Enquirer)
The Enquirer speaks with the acclaimed Uruguayan author recently on a U.S. book tour to promote Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone (Nation Books), whose simple thesis is this: "First World nations have become so obsessed with defending the freedom of the market, they have forgotten its human cost." More
Posted JUN 11 09
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By Shelley Smithson (The Nation)
"A resurgence of interest in building nuclear power plants, touted as a nonpolluting alternative to carbon-fueled plants, has sparked a uranium rush," writes Smithson. But Navajos say "No!" as the return of uranium mining threatens to despoil their lands and health. More
Posted JUN 10 09
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