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Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal

Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal Brown University Investment Committee Recommends Divestment from Coal

The committee has recommended divestment only three times in its entire history.

Apr 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

As They Live: On Roman Vishniac

As They Live: On Roman Vishniac As They Live: On Roman Vishniac

How a photographer’s images of Jews were liberated from the lachrymose history he imposed upon them.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jana Prikryl

Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs

Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs Oligarchs and Graphomaniacs

No one dies for poetry anymore, not even in Russia. Enter the oligarchs, who steer clear of Putin’s ire by sponsoring literary prizes.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham

Ted Haggard, Mark Sanford and the Politics of Christian Forgiveness

Ted Haggard, Mark Sanford and the Politics of Christian Forgiveness Ted Haggard, Mark Sanford and the Politics of Christian Forgiveness

Republican voters in South Carolina are ready to send an unrepentant adulterer back to public office. What does that mean for the politics of the Christian right?

Apr 10, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

The Idea of Freedom

The Idea of Freedom The Idea of Freedom

Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa, Su Friedrich’s Gut Renovation, Shirley Clarke’s Portrait of Jason, Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman

Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman Pop, Charts: On Paul Krugman

Krugman affirms the way things are, no matter how often he choruses the word "change."

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

USAID’s Dubious Allies in Paraguay

USAID’s Dubious Allies in Paraguay USAID’s Dubious Allies in Paraguay

President Fernando Lugo's ouster was called a coup in South America. But the US didn't blink.

Apr 10, 2013 / Feature / Natalia Viana

Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’

Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’ Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’

Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz

US-Cuban Diplomacy, ‘Nation’ Style

US-Cuban Diplomacy, ‘Nation’ Style US-Cuban Diplomacy, ‘Nation’ Style

Fifty years later, James Donovan’s “metadiplomacy” shows that normal relations are possible.

Apr 10, 2013 / Feature / Peter Kornbluh

‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’

‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’ ‘It Happens At All Bases, All Branches’: An Interview with the Makers of ‘The Invisible War’

Director Kirby Dick and producer Amy Ziering tell The Nation what the military can do to prevent sexual assault.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Anna Simonton

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