Our Victorian Ancestors Our Victorian Ancestors
"You are the heirs of one of the country's great traditions, the Progressive movement that started late in the nineteenth century and remade the American experience piece by pi...
Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Justice Talking Justice Talking
In his memoir, Taking Liberties, Aryeh Neier emerges, almost despite himself, as a fascinating man.
Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Scott L. Malcomson
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
In 1990, The Nation ran a dispatch from Portland, Oregon, by editorial board member Elinor Langer titled "The American Neo-Nazi Movement Today." The piece, which took up almost...
Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Emily Biuso
London Kills Me London Kills Me
Monica Ali was recently named one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists--an A-list of red-hot literary youth writing some of the most promising books on the contemporary ...
Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Diana Abu-Jaber
Republicans Relaunch the Antigay Culture Wars Republicans Relaunch the Antigay Culture Wars
The GOP embrace of homophobia is more than simply a sop to the far right.
Oct 2, 2003 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Endangered Species of the American South Endangered Species of the American South
What the Democrats must do to survive.
Death and Glory Death and Glory
The premature deaths in the past year of Warren Zevon, Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer ought to be enough to make the most pious among us angry at The Man Upstairs.
Oct 2, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
After You, My Dear Alphonse After You, My Dear Alphonse
What's the matter with conservatives? Why can't they relax and be happy? They have the White House, both houses of Congress, the majority of governorships and more money than G...
Oct 2, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Reflections on Geopolitics Reflections on Geopolitics
It seemed like such a good idea. Oh, when did it begin to sour, And start to be no fun to be The last remaining superpower?
Oct 2, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin