Books and Ideas

Muslim Jerusalem: A Story Muslim Jerusalem: A Story

Kanan Makiya, the Arab world's most ardent and vocal supporter of America's projected intervention in Iraq, the hammer of liberal Arab intelligentsia, the arch anti-Orientalist, h...

Mar 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Turi Munthe

Six Months On, and Counting Six Months On, and Counting

When it comes to the events of September 11, everyone is an expert and no one is.

Mar 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche

The Emigrant The Emigrant

On December 14, the German writer W.G. Sebald died, age 57, in a car accident in England, where he had lived for thirty-five years. He had published four remarkable books: fluid, ...

Mar 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel

The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain

Langston Hughes on the real Harlem renaissance.

Mar 11, 2002 / Feature / Langston Hughes

Tree-Huggers No Longer! Tree-Huggers No Longer!

It's official now: The United States has a policy on climate change. President Bush announced it on Valentine's Day at a government climate and oceans research center. "My approa...

Mar 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Frank Ackerman

The Senate’s Fighting Liberal The Senate’s Fighting Liberal

Sen. Ted Kennedy has passed away at the age of 77. This 2002 Nation profile by the late Jack Newfield captures the essence of what this legend meant to the progressive movement.

Mar 7, 2002 / Feature / Jack Newfield

The Marvel of the Obvious The Marvel of the Obvious

"There are things/We live among 'and to see them/Is to know ourselves.'" These three lines are among the most stirring written by George Oppen, a poet whose modesty and honesty p...

Mar 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

The Still Bad New Old Nixon The Still Bad New Old Nixon

It's been three decades since President Richard M.

Mar 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

Organizing for Social Change After Suffrage Organizing for Social Change After Suffrage

Now that women have the vote, what will they do with it?

Mar 5, 2002 / Stella Crossley Daljord

H. Rap Brown/Jamil Al-Amin: A Profoundly American Story H. Rap Brown/Jamil Al-Amin: A Profoundly American Story

Die Nigger Die!, the autobiographical political memoir by H. Rap Brown, is a vital American historical document--historical almost in the sense of a message found in a time capsu...

Feb 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ekwueme Michael Thelwell

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