Lou Reed’s Politics Lou Reed’s Politics
Singing against apartheid and for Tibetan freedom, working with Amnesty International and standing with Occupy Wall Street, he was an artist who spoke up and showed up.
Oct 27, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Remembering Larry Goodwyn Remembering Larry Goodwyn
He gave me the language and the nerve to write seriously about the idea of democracy.
Oct 23, 2013 / William Greider
Marshall Berman 1940–2013 Marshall Berman 1940–2013
No one has been more loving or lucid in his depiction, criticism and celebration of urbanity.
Sep 18, 2013 / Michael Sorkin
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Saul Landau’s Investigations of US Ties to the Pinochet Regime This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Saul Landau’s Investigations of US Ties to the Pinochet Regime
The late Saul Landau spent years investigating the assassination in Washington, DC, of his friend, Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean foreign minister. What he found pointed righ...
Sep 13, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Remembering Saul Landau Remembering Saul Landau
Saul helped ignite a political awareness and a passion for history in me.
Sep 11, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Andrés S. Pertierra
Remembering Graham Usher Remembering Graham Usher
In his very first Nation dispatch, Graham reported from the territories on Arafat’s plummeting popularity and human rights abuses, as well as his shameful concessions in...
Aug 20, 2013 / Roane Carey
William Warren Scranton, 1917–2013 William Warren Scranton, 1917–2013
On the occasion of the death of one of the last liberal Republican giants, reflections on the passing of a species.
Jul 31, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Helen Thomas’s Legacy Helen Thomas’s Legacy
In praise of a reporter who understood that she needed to have access to power in order to question that power.
Jul 23, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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
Remembering Mary Thom Remembering Mary Thom
The most radical thing a person can be is herself—without apology or explanation.
May 7, 2013 / Adele M. Stan