History

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

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