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Nicholas Slayton
Nicholas Slayton is a freelance journalist specializing in international relations and protest movements.

Bahrain’s Formula One Grand Prix Crackdown

For the third time in three years, Bahraini citizens are protesting the Formula One Grand Prix. And it looks like for the second time in two years, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile will ignore massive human and civil rights repression and let the race go as planned.

Iraq 10 Years Later

Ten years after the war began in Iraq, UN Dispatch looks at the current situation.

4 Things Rand Paul Missed in his Drone Filibuster

Last week during the confirmation hearings for John Brennan as Director of the CIA, Senator Rand Paul launched into a filibuster against Brennan, bringing up the United States' drone program as a reason to oppose the appointment.  It's a shame that Senator Paul missed some of the major issues involved in it.