The Going The Going
The cloth edge of certainty has shredded down to this: God and love are real, but very far away. If I go to Istanbul, will I return? That is not one of the permitted questions. When I go to Istanbul, how will I bear to return? I could slip into the small streets that lead away from the souk, then run east to the high plain and the Caucasus-- It's all alone, the returning, the going. The cloth, a soft holland whose blocks of blue and lemon once cheered me in a skirt, now dries dishes. God and love are very far away, farther even than the mountains in the east.
May 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / April Bernard
WWII: The United States and the War WWII: The United States and the War
World War II breaks out in Europe, but The Nation (getting it wrong) says it presents no threat to the US, and we will not join the fighting.
May 5, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard
Lessons From the Titanic Lessons From the Titanic
The terrible tragedy of the Titanic was entirely preventable.
May 5, 2009 / The Editors
The End of Herbert Hoover The End of Herbert Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt is elected on the promise of a new deal, something the country needs desperately.
May 5, 2009 / The Editors
A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty
Published fifty years ago, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart mounted a literary rebellion against the everyday amalgamations and condescension that treat Africa as an undiffere...
May 4, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Howard W. French
Misadventure in Vietnam: The Mix of Fact and Myth Misadventure in Vietnam: The Mix of Fact and Myth
With the Gulf of Tonkin resolution authorizing war in Vietnam, its clear that America hasn't learned its lesson from previous foreign policy mistakes in the region.
May 4, 2009 / Feature / John Gange
Death of RFK: Dogged By Fate Death of RFK: Dogged By Fate
Robert F. Kennedy campaigned for peace on a platform that courageously opposed the policies that his brother set in motion.
May 4, 2009 / The Editors
Midnight Plane to Alabama Midnight Plane to Alabama
A marcher braves the maelstrom of the civil rights movement.
May 4, 2009 / Feature / George B. Leonard
Four Dead in Ohio Four Dead in Ohio
Today is the 39th anniversary of the killings of four student antiwar protesters at Kent State University.
May 4, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
The Murder of Martin Luther King The Murder of Martin Luther King
With what seemed a lifetime worth of achievements behind him, how was it possible that Martin Luther King Jr. was only 39 when he was killed?
May 4, 2009 / The Editors