Matt Bivens

Matt Bivens has covered energy, environmental and nuclear issues for www.thenation.com and a range of other publications. A former editor of the Moscow Times, he recently returned to the United States after nine years reporting from Russia for publications including the Los Angeles Times and Harper's. He was formerly the author of The Nation Online's "Daily Outrage" weblog. click here to read those postings.

Currently

  • Putin's War

    September 25, 2003

    There's been scant notice of refugees being brutally driven out of Chechnya.

  • Two-Bullet Roulette

    September 10, 2003

    American nuclear power plants are in serious danger from an easily fixable problem.

  • Ride of the Valkyries

    June 24, 2003

    To the myth-makers of war, the Americans in Iraq look like the Russians in Chechnya.

  • Inspecting US Weapons

    February 28, 2003

    Why can't we have independent inspections of the US military's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons stocks?

  • Cleaning Up Santa Fe

    February 19, 2003

    Bill Richardson is on the verge of approving clean-money elections for New Mexican offices.

2002

2001

  • The Not-So-Pristine Wilderness

    December 20, 2001

    The Department of Energy is pondering the most expensive environmental clean-up in world history.

  • Bush's Nuclear Brinksmanship

    December 12, 2001

    There are still 2,000 nuclear weapons aimed at various Russian targets and poised for launch on extremely short notice.

  • Who Pays for Nuclear Power?

    November 30, 2001

    Industry-favored legislation is coming up that, in the event of nuclear catastrophe, will make damn sure someone else foots the bill. Updated November 30.

  • The Afghan Humanitarian Crisis

    November 16, 2001

    In pursuing the goal of smashing the Taliban, Washington has been remarkably cavalier about the short-term danger of mass starvation.

  • Just Shut Them Down?

    November 8, 2001

  • Uzbekistan's Human Rights Problem

    October 30, 2001

    The US government is divided, with State wanting better human rights in Uzbekistan and the Pentagon wanting bases and Tashkent's willing cooperation.

  • Nuclear Power & Terrorism

    October 24, 2001

    A clear-eyed discussion of how to defend nuclear power plants from the threat of terrorism just might conclude that they are indefensible.

  • Nuclear Safety

    September 16, 2001

    Given the extraordinary events, we're taking extraordinary measures to protect our nuclear plants, right?

  • Give Peace a Chance

    August 16, 2001

    Representative Dennis Kucinich wants to establish an official Department of Peace--and he's got a bill and thirty-eight co-sponsors to back him up.

  • Star Wars Foes Hit DC

    June 13, 2001

  • Harvard's 'Fitting Choice'

    June 7, 2001 Subscribe

    Harvard may have an endowment of billions, but incoming president Larry Summers is unlikely to embrace the living-wage drive.

  • Harvard's 'Fitting Choice'

    June 5, 2001

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RadioNation with Laura Flanders, 11/10/08
This week, what it all meant. Nation Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel on Barack Obama's victory and the coming battle for progressive change we can believe in. (13mb mp3)

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