Why Was New Orleans’s Charity Hospital Allowed to Die? Why Was New Orleans’s Charity Hospital Allowed to Die?
Seeking government funds for a massive $1.2 billion new complex, powerful forces blocked Charity's reopening after Hurricane Katrina.
Apr 27, 2011 / Feature / Roberta Brandes Gratz
Talking With W.S. Merwin Talking With W.S. Merwin
The Poet Laureate Consultant to the Library of Congress talks about spontaneous demonstrations, his hope for poetry, and why he doesn't read criticism anymore.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
Islam’s Nonviolent Tradition Islam’s Nonviolent Tradition
History is replete with peaceful role models like the “Frontier Gandhi” of colonial India.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Michael Shank
Same Old New Atheism: On Sam Harris Same Old New Atheism: On Sam Harris
Scientists, Sam Harris writes, are the saints of circumspection. If that’s true, then with his writing on religion and morality Harris breaks the mold.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Lears
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Elizabeth Bishop's Poems and Prose; James Gleick's The Information.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Do They Dream? Spelunking With Werner Herzog Do They Dream? Spelunking With Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams; Joe Wright's Hanna; Andreas Lust's The Robber; Daniel and Diego Vega's Octubre.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
For Birthers, Obama’s Not Black Enough For Birthers, Obama’s Not Black Enough
As a black man, Obama's confident knowledge of his lineage is precisely the thing that makes his American identity dubious.
Apr 27, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Gary Johnson and the Hard Truths About Presidential Candidates Gary Johnson and the Hard Truths About Presidential Candidates
The actual views of a presidential candidate don’t matter as much as you think.
Apr 27, 2011 / Jamelle Bouie
We Have a Winner! We Have a Winner!
Congratulations to The Nation’s new puzzlemeisters, elected by Nation puzzle-solvers to don the mantle of the late Frank W. Lewis, our cryptic-crossword constructor of six decades.
Apr 27, 2011 / Feature / The Nation