Victor Navasky

Publisher Emeritus

Victor S. Navasky served as editor, publisher, and publisher emeritus of The Nation, and was the founder of its prestigious internship program, which is named in his honor.

Making History Making History

Progressives are saying this is a moment of transformational politics. Is the party leadership listening?

Aug 27, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

The Illusory Middle The Illusory Middle

Undecided voters don't care about left or right: they simply want a candidate they can trust. As he shifts to the center, Obama risks losing his greatest asset--authenticity.

Aug 26, 2008 / Victor Navasky

McCain (Mis)Speaks McCain (Mis)Speaks

How the Senator won the war of words on Iraq again and again and again.

May 29, 2008 / Feature / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf

The Experts Speak on Iraq The Experts Speak on Iraq

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War, some daily inspiration from the experts who led us there.

Mar 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf

Who Said the War Would Pay for Itself? They Did! Who Said the War Would Pay for Itself? They Did!

Unwise words from the "experts" who promised a cost-free war.

Mar 13, 2008 / Feature / Victor Navasky and Christopher Cerf

Fourteen Little Words Fourteen Little Words

First Amendment biographer Anthony Lewis brings glad tidings: despite Bush, US commitment to free speech "is no longer in doubt."

Feb 21, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Hiss In History Hiss In History

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.

Apr 18, 2007 / Victor Navasky

Hiss in History Hiss in History

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.

Apr 12, 2007 / Victor Navasky

Schlesinger & The Nation Schlesinger & The Nation

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.

Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

Mission to Caracas Mission to Caracas

Hugo Chávez's critics may mock his ideas of twenty-first-century socialism as empty rhetoric. But maybe it's magical realism--still a fiction, but one to be nourished as a r...

Feb 14, 2007 / Victor Navasky

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