Islam Through Western Eyes Islam Through Western Eyes
This essay, by the late Edward Said, from the April 26, 1980, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Edward W. Said
Does the Left Have a Future? Does the Left Have a Future?
With the Soviet model shattered forever, it is the social democratic one that is now in deep crisis in Western Europe. On the face of it, judging just by the results of June's Eu...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Supping With the French Devil Supping With the French Devil
Cartoonists can beat journalists at their own game of first oversimplifying and then exaggerating.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil
There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians, particularly t...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
In Europe, Hope Amid the Ruins In Europe, Hope Amid the Ruins
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,/But to be young was very heaven!" The words of Wordsworth do not fully fit, because with so much bloodshed, the stench of corpses, and ske...
Apr 27, 1995 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Stench of Corruption The Stench of Corruption
A righteous wind is sweeping across Europe and corruption is being exposed all over.
Dec 15, 1994 / Feature / Daniel Singer
The Continent Divided The Continent Divided
Nineteen ninety-three was to be a banner year for Europe. With the opening of the Single Market people would cross frontiers without visas and goods would flow unhindered by tari...
Jan 8, 1993 / Feature / Daniel Singer
What is Patriotism? What is Patriotism?
This forum was originally published in the July 15, 1991 issue of The Nation
Jul 15, 1991 / Feature / Various Contributors
Notes on the House of Bondage Notes on the House of Bondage
Baldwin sheds light on the state of America by surveying the dispiriting array of candidates for the 1980 presidential race.
Nov 1, 1980 / Feature / James Baldwin
The Rise of Ronald Reagan The Rise of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in rural Illinois.
Jul 19, 1980 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow