Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US
Everyone’s lining up to pay tribute to Mandela; but in the Reagan era, many were close to the apartheid regime.
Dec 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: 100 Years of Writing About Marcel Proust’s ‘Almost Wizard Power’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: 100 Years of Writing About Marcel Proust’s ‘Almost Wizard Power’
Proust, a reviewer wrote in 1921, “may not be what his hero set out to be in his childhood, the greatest writer in the world, but he is one of those.”
Dec 7, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Eradicating AIDS Eradicating AIDS
We’ve come so far in the struggle against AIDS, but the most marginalized in society are still suffering.
Dec 3, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Pardoning the Scottsboro Boys, Eighty Years Too Late This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Pardoning the Scottsboro Boys, Eighty Years Too Late
The Nation immediately recognized Scottsboro as a vital front in the battle for civil rights.
Nov 30, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda The Impoverished Republican Poverty Agenda
The Republican “war on poverty” looks a lot like a war on the poor.
Nov 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Tantalizing Mockery of Thanksgiving, 1931
President Hoover's holiday proclamation was offensive to millions of poor and unemployed Americans, our 'Drifter' columnist wrote.
Nov 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education Oklahoma Is Schooling the Nation on Early Education
Politicians pay lip service to the idea of preschool; the question is whether they will pay the bill.
Nov 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eight Decades of Hannah Arendt and Her Critics This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eight Decades of Hannah Arendt and Her Critics
Arendt's life and work have been debated in our pages possibly more than those of any other twentieth-century philosopher.
Nov 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The ‘Democratic Wing’ of the Democratic Party Wakes Up The ‘Democratic Wing’ of the Democratic Party Wakes Up
Progressives are waging fights within the Democratic Party, and they’re gaining ground.
Nov 12, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Debating the JFK Legacy, in Real Time This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Debating the JFK Legacy, in Real Time
Was there more to JFK than a coiffure arranged by facing south in a strong east wind?
Nov 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel