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1945–1955: We Face a Choice Between One World or None

1945–1955: We Face a Choice Between One World or None 1945–1955: We Face a Choice Between One World or None

The atomic bomb represents a revolution in science. It calls for a comparable revolution in our thinking.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’

Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’ Adolph Reed Destroys ‘The Bell Curve’

Despite their concern to insulate themselves from the appearance of racism, Herrnstein and Murray display a perspective worthy of an Alabama filling station.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Adolph Reed Jr.

Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In

Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In Lesser-Evilism We Can Believe In

Should we put government in the hands of a party determined to subvert it, or a party—however flawed—that believes it still has a role to play in securing the common go...

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Michael Tomasky

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

As The Nation looks forward to the next 150 years, we asked some contributors to StudentNation, the campus-oriented section of our site, and former Nation interns what a radical fu...

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try The Most Important Thing We Can Do to Fight Climate Change Is Try

The future will follow an unpredictable route, but we must still follow a compass called hope.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Rebecca Solnit

Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Can Men and Women Be Friends? Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Feminism has opened up far more space than could have been imagined in the 1920s.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Floyd Dell and Michelle Goldberg

Voting Does Not Make a Difference

Voting Does Not Make a Difference Voting Does Not Make a Difference

Democracy is dead in the United States. Yet there is still nothing to replace real democracy.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / W.E.B. Du Bois

1985–1995: American Politics and Culture is Being Radically Reformed

1985–1995: American Politics and Culture is Being Radically Reformed 1985–1995: American Politics and Culture is Being Radically Reformed

Nation writers on late 1980s New York, Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, gay rights, Rupert Murdoch's ambitions and the case for federal funding of the arts.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

How I Got That Story

How I Got That Story How I Got That Story

“Stay to the end…and read everything”: 
Reporting the Iran/Contra scandal taught me everything 
I needed to know about covering Washington.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / David Corn

Testimonials to ‘The Nation’

Testimonials to ‘The Nation’ Testimonials to ‘The Nation’

Encomiums from Elizabeth Warren, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Bernie Sanders and many more.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature

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