Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court
In a 2001 cover story in The Nation, Bugliosi eloquently denounced the Court's treasonous decision in Bush v. Gore.
Jun 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘Worse Than Forgetfulness’: Prison Escapes, Prison Suicides, Prison Conditions ‘Worse Than Forgetfulness’: Prison Escapes, Prison Suicides, Prison Conditions
Two stories in the news represent two very different forms of liberation from the same broken and oppressive system.
Jun 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking
It is worth pausing to consider how far things have moved since the Snowden revelations.
Jun 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War ‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War
It is painful to imagine how much could have been avoided and achieved had The Nation’s warnings been heeded.
May 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art
The Nation's critic in 1931 said the museum would abet the snobbery that believes "American painting is a second-rate affair."
Apr 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866
We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...
Apr 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies ‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies
The League’s co-founder, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a Nation staff editor, was known in the magazine’s offices for her habit of “absently nibbling raisins a...
Apr 8, 2015 / Back Issues
A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son) A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son)
Reliving distant memories of the 1950s, in The Nation’s archives and in Cuba.
Apr 6, 2015 / Back Issues
We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger
To kill somebody for a cause you don’t believe in is potentially worse than being killed yourself, because those scars last forever.
Mar 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old
The Nation’s archives, Henry James wrote in our fiftieth anniversary issue, “compose the record of the general life of civilization.”
Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues