Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes Anton Antonov-Ovseyenko, Truth-Teller Who Exposed Stalin’s Crimes
From his release from a Gulag in 1953 to his death in Moscow this week, Anton had one mission: ‘To unmask Stalin, his henchmen and their heirs.’
Jul 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stephen F. Cohen
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fourth of July and the Meaning of Patriotism This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fourth of July and the Meaning of Patriotism
In our first issue, just after the Civil War, we wrote that in 89 years of celebrating the Fourth of July, never before did Americans have more to rejoice about on Independence Day...
Jul 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate, Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb
Distortions and Divisions Distortions and Divisions
Distrust and distortion occupy the distance between much of Turkey and the Kurds of Diyarbakir. Can they be overcome?
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jenna Krajeski
Ground Zero Sum Ground Zero Sum
The architecture of the new World Trade Center buildings emphasizes that their business is none of ours.
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Natural Born Killers Natural Born Killers
Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing, Jem Cohen’s Museum Hours, Eliav Lilti’s Israel: A Home Movie, Jerry Bruckheimer’s Enemy of the State
Jul 2, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Listless Boredom of the Bling Ring The Listless Boredom of the Bling Ring
Sofia Coppola’s new movie doesn’t move its audience to question these celebrity-obsessed thieves—and it should.
Jun 25, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Dean
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Susan Sontag on the Avant-Garde, Communism and the Left This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Susan Sontag on the Avant-Garde, Communism and the Left
The current production of Sontag:Reborn only begins to portray the complicated relationship between Susan Sontag and The Nation.
Jun 22, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Unsparing Truths: On Lucille Clifton Unsparing Truths: On Lucille Clifton
A poet’s reckonings with suffering and indifference.
Jun 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis
The Last Unfinished Page: On Euclides da Cunha The Last Unfinished Page: On Euclides da Cunha
A portrait of the journalist and intellectual who championed the caboclos of the young Brazilian republic.
Jun 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Lorna Scott Fox