Culture

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

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

Balanchine’s Gemwork Balanchine’s Gemwork

 

Mar 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Mindy Aloff

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

Messenger Messenger

The birds stopped coming after the annuals died. I didn't realize how much I missed them until the bluebird Returned, lured by the burgundy haze of the fall pansies Pour...

Feb 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Franklin

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Die Nigger Die!, the autobiographical political memoir by H. Rap Brown, is a vital American historical document--historical almost in the sense of a message found in a time capsu...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

‘Monsoon’ Season ‘Monsoon’ Season

Why, asked my friends and my baffled wife. Why, piped my son. Even the movie critics sitting next to me wanted to know: What perversity drove me to see Hart's War and Rollerball?...

Feb 28, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Artists Strike a Chord Artists Strike a Chord

Johnny Temple plays bass guitar in the rock bands Girls Against Boys and New Wet Kojak and is the publisher of Akashic Books (www.akashicbooks.com).

Feb 27, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple

The Base Camp of Christendom The Base Camp of Christendom

Pat Buchanan surely holds the record for the greatest impact on a presidential election with the fewest votes. With less than 0.43 percent of the tally nationally, he still manag...

Feb 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Philip A. Klinkner

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