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Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil Tangled in the Garden of Good and Evil

A French television program tackles the tough questions of compliance and resistance.

Sep 4, 2018 / Norman Solomon

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Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue

‘68 Letdown What a gigantic disappointment the special 1968 issue, “Year of Global Insurrection” [Aug. 27/Sept. 3], must be for anyone who was actually alive and aware in ‘68 and e…

Aug 30, 2018 / Our Readers

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“Trump Rejected Plans for a White House Statement Praising John McCain.” —Headline, The Washington Post One person’s a hero for how he endured The hell with which he was beset. T…

Aug 30, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Freedom Is Long and Hard Work’ Svetlana Alexievich: ‘Freedom Is Long and Hard Work’

The Nobel Prize laureate in literature believes a new generation in the countries of the former USSR will make the dreams of 1991 a reality.

Aug 30, 2018 / Nadezhda Azhgikhina

Cuba Market

Getting a Taste of Cuba Getting a Taste of Cuba

An enticing new cookbook captures the island’s people, places, and recipes.

Aug 29, 2018 / Peter Kornbluh

The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle

The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle The Afterlives of Charles de Gaulle

A new biography claims his vision was a stabilizing synthesis of France’s monarchical and republican political traditions. But was it?

Aug 29, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

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Words of Warning: The Top 10 ‘Nation’ Articles on Climate Change Words of Warning: The Top 10 ‘Nation’ Articles on Climate Change

We tried to tell you.

Aug 29, 2018 / Feature / The Nation

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Truth Isn’t Truth! Truth Isn’t Truth!

The mobster-in-chief continues to weave a web of...truths?

Aug 28, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

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Stand Up for the Sanctity of Unborn Life… Stand Up for the Sanctity of Unborn Life…

...and slut-shame all the full-grown women!

Aug 21, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow

BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present

BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present

And in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, we find a protagonist plunged so deeply into her own mind that there really is no outside.

Aug 16, 2018 / Stuart Klawans

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