Patriot Acts Patriot Acts
In September 1950, four months into the Korean War, Congress passed the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), known as the McCarran Act, after its sponsor, the Nevada Democratic...
Nov 24, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mike Marqusee
Suspension of Disbelief Suspension of Disbelief
Ask Americans to enumerate their civil liberties and they instinctively turn to freedom of speech and the press.
Nov 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
Masters of Their Universe Masters of Their Universe
Beginning in the fifteenth century, Africa, Europe and the Americas came together in the Atlantic to create new economies, new cultures and new societies.
Nov 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ira Berlin
About Henry About Henry
Henry James is not a name that springs to mind when we think of adventure stories, prose epics or historical fiction.
Oct 14, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
Dissent at 50 Dissent at 50
In the summer of 1953, the New School for Social Research hung a yellow curtain over a mural by the Mexican artist José Clemente Orozco. Orozco's transgression?
Oct 14, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
When Presidents Lie When Presidents Lie
Official dishonesty is never worthwhile.
Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
‘There Are No Innocents’ ‘There Are No Innocents’
An oppressive and beleaguered empire, a terrorist international, a storm raging in the world press about torture, right-wing Christians on the march against moral decline and the...
Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Last Aid to Voters Last Aid to Voters
The position that The Nation has taken in the present campaign against both Cox and Harding and in favor of a vote either for Christensen or Debs, has aroused considerable inquir...
Sep 27, 2004 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
In Dubious Battle In Dubious Battle
Say what you will about the sins of the Bush Administration. But credit it with one small but welcome accomplishment: It has moved Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin
Homeland Insecurity Homeland Insecurity
One hundred years ago, in the wake of England's ruinous victory in the Boer War, a young Liberal politician excoriated the ruling Conservative Party and its imperial scam: "A par...
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba