History

Is War Nearer? An Ex-Communist’s View Is War Nearer? An Ex-Communist’s View

The former head of the US Communist Party assesses the career of Joseph Stalin.

Jun 15, 2009 / Earl Browder

Search For a Man Named Carter Search For a Man Named Carter

On the campaign trail with the former peanut farmer who is expected to be the next president of the United States.

Jun 15, 2009 / Feature / Harry S. Ashmore

Muhammad Ali: A World Man Muhammad Ali: A World Man

The Champ counterpunches in a letter to The Nation.

Jun 15, 2009 / The Nation

Agnew’s Apologia Agnew’s Apologia

Spiro Agnew had his hand out, but all he got for it was a slap on the wrist.

Jun 12, 2009 / Feature / The Editors

Orchids and Lilacs: Darwin, Lincoln and Slavery Orchids and Lilacs: Darwin, Lincoln and Slavery

What are the intellectual costs of recasting Lincoln and Darwin into heroes for our troubled times?

Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas Guyatt

Off Camera: Civil Rights in the North Off Camera: Civil Rights in the North

Sweet Land of Liberty is a bold, if decidedly underdramatic, rewriting of civil rights history.

Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul

Inquisitions Inquisitions

From Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, tales of the Devil and wise women, torturers and the tortured.

Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Eduardo Galeano

The Age of Paine The Age of Paine

It was Tom Paine, ink-stained wretch and citizen of the world, who first roused American patriots to action.

Jun 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols

Remembering Tiananmen Square Remembering Tiananmen Square

The Tiananmen Square massacre remains shrouded in myth. This eyewitness report by a Human Rights Watch observer makes the horror plain.

Jun 2, 2009 / Feature / Robin Munro

High Tension in the Energy Debate: The Clamshell Reaction High Tension in the Energy Debate: The Clamshell Reaction

The '60s come alive again in the protest organized by the Clamshell Alliance against the Seabrook nuclear power plant in New Hampshire.

May 15, 2009 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman

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