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Letters From the November 11/18, 2019, Issue Letters From the November 11/18, 2019, Issue

A Matter of Degrees I have been most interested in The Nation’s coverage of the climate crisis, particularly Daniel Judt’s “https://www.thenation.com/article/senegal-climate-injust…

Oct 29, 2019 / Our Readers

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom

Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Narratives of Freedom

History has always been a weapon in the hands of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now, in his debut novel, the social critic and essayist sets out to recover those struggles for emancipation that...

Oct 29, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Elias Rodriques

The Workers That Built America

The Workers That Built America The Workers That Built America

A new book puts the black working class at the center of American history.

Oct 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / William P. Jones

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Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue Letters From the October 14, 2019, Issue

Unrecognized labor… Taking offense… Hope amid troubles…

Oct 1, 2019 / Our Readers

Stop Getting Married on Plantations

Stop Getting Married on Plantations Stop Getting Married on Plantations

Monuments to slavery won’t lose their romantic allure until Americans understand the horrors of their own history. 

Sep 26, 2019 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Newt Gingrich

Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past

It turns out conservatives love history—unless it’s true.

Aug 21, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the Long Arc of Reconstruction

In his new book, Gates argues that the history of American democracy has always been one of constant push and pull.

Aug 13, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

The Class Politics of the Civil War

The Class Politics of the Civil War The Class Politics of the Civil War

By naming a common enemy—the privileged class of slaveholders—the Republican Party and Union Army were able to build and then steer a coalition of Americans toward the systematic d...

Jul 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / James Oakes

The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’

The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’ The Long and Grim Road to ‘Plessy v. Ferguson’

Steven Luxenberg’s new book offers a vivid account of the events that led to the ruling.

Jul 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David Cole

Tony Horwitz

Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South Remembering Tony Horwitz, Intrepid Traveler and Chronicler of the South

A kindred spirit to Frederick Law Olmsted, Horwitz heard antebellum echoes everywhere.

May 31, 2019 / Jamie Stiehm

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