Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity Auden’s Love Poem for Humanity
The poet's "September 1, 1939" saw the start of World War II and declared: "We must love one another or die."
Sep 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
La Despedida: A Lost Memoir of the Spanish Civil War La Despedida: A Lost Memoir of the Spanish Civil War
A long-lost memoir of the Spanish Civil War moves jaggedly between boredom, fleeting triumphs and terror.
Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Dan Kaufman
Bill Douglas Bill Douglas
Sidney Zion celebrates the courage and independence of the late Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
Aug 12, 2009 / Sidney Zion
King Cohn King Cohn
Roy Cohn was one of the most loathsome characters in American history, so why did he have so many influential friends?
Aug 12, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill
Hiroshima Day Hiroshima Day
The official secrecy and deceptions about our nuclear weapons posture and policies and their possible consequences have threatened the survival of the human species.
Aug 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Ellsberg
Stolen Youth: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin Stolen Youth: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin
The French Revolution as seen from Versailles.
Jul 29, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow may have embarrassed him at the Scopes trial, but William Jennings Bryan will long be remembered as one of the country's greatest progressive crusaders.
Jul 29, 2009 / The Nation
For Hoover For Hoover
Yes, Virginia, this is an endorsement of Herbert Hoover in The Nation.
Jul 29, 2009 / Robert Herrick
Lindbergh’s “Bolshevik” Father Lindbergh’s “Bolshevik” Father
What do Lindbergh Sr.'s leftist politics tell us about his son's character and courage?
Jul 27, 2009 / Feature / Margaret S. Ernst
Woodrow Wilson on Culture and Democracy Woodrow Wilson on Culture and Democracy
A letter from the future president.
Jul 27, 2009 / The Nation