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What the ‘New York Times’ Climate Blockbuster Missed What the ‘New York Times’ Climate Blockbuster Missed

Nathaniel Rich’s article illustrates American failures, not global ones.

Aug 2, 2018 / Kate Aronoff

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Letters From the August 27-September 3, 2018, Issue Letters From the August 27-September 3, 2018, Issue

In-justice… America’s war habit… Editors’ note… Nicaragua: where the truth lies (web only)…

Aug 2, 2018 / Our Readers and John Perry

‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam ‘Random Murder, Rape, and Pillage’: A US Soldier Describes 1968 in Vietnam

Whatever you do, don’t eat the apricots out of a C-ration can.

Aug 2, 2018 / Q&A / Nick Turse

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“Bill Shine, who was forced out of Fox after being accused of aiding and abetting the sexual predator Roger Ailes, is named White House communications director.” —News reports He…

Aug 2, 2018 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Collusion Confusion

Collusion Confusion Collusion Confusion

ignore this…

Aug 2, 2018 / Jen Sorensen

The Making of 20th-Century New York

The Making of 20th-Century New York The Making of 20th-Century New York

The history of America's extreme metropolis captures a city caught between radicalism and reaction.

Aug 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein

What Is Freedom?

What Is Freedom? What Is Freedom?

A personal reflection on how a generation tested the meaning of that word in 1968.

Aug 2, 2018 / Feature / Arthur Goldhammer

The Most Interesting and Important Things We Published in 1968

The Most Interesting and Important Things We Published in 1968 The Most Interesting and Important Things We Published in 1968

The Nation’s coverage of a pivotal year.

Aug 2, 2018 / Feature / Richard Kreitner

The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers

The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers

“There was an apocalyptic, confrontational spirit.”

Aug 1, 2018 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

The Nation 100th Anniversary cover

In Memoriam: Richard Clark Sterne, Historian of ‘The Nation’ In Memoriam: Richard Clark Sterne, Historian of ‘The Nation’

An avid Nation reader since boyhood, Sterne, who died at 91, wrote an early account of the magazine.

Jul 31, 2018 / Richard Kreitner

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