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The Making of Our Polluted Age

The Making of Our Polluted Age The Making of Our Polluted Age

Three new books examine how the rise of coal, oil, and gas has permanently remade our world.

Feb 6, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bill McKibben

Where Does Art Belong?

Where Does Art Belong? Where Does Art Belong?

A trio of recent shows—from Hilma af Klint, Warhol, and Bruce Nauman—propose radically different answers to that question. 

Feb 4, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Computers Were Supposed to Be Good

Computers Were Supposed to Be Good Computers Were Supposed to Be Good

Joy Lisi Rankin’s book on the history of personal computing looks at the technology’s forgotten democratic promise.

Jan 30, 2019 / Gillian Terzis

Where Does Truth Fit into Democracy?

Where Does Truth Fit into Democracy? Where Does Truth Fit into Democracy?

In modern democracies, who gets to determine what counts as truth—an elite of experts or the people as a whole?

Jan 24, 2019 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell

The Worlds of Anthony Powell

The Worlds of Anthony Powell The Worlds of Anthony Powell

Dance to the Music of Time succeeds because it escapes its origins and captures an era marked by uncertainty and wonder.

Jan 24, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Christopher de Bellaigue

US Mexico Border

The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition

Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.

Jan 14, 2019 / Greg Grandin

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Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue

Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…

Jan 10, 2019 / Our Readers and Ben Ehrenreich

Eyewitness to the German Revolution

Eyewitness to the German Revolution Eyewitness to the German Revolution

Victor Klemperer’s dispatches from interwar Germany.

Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon

Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy?

Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy? Is Populism What’s Really Threatening Democracy?

What many liberal commentators miss about the growing crisis of liberal democracy rippling through Europe and the Americas.

Jan 10, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Steven Hahn

Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019

Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019 Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019

For those of us who worked with Norman, it’s hard to imagine The Nation without him. He contributed articles, editorials, and reviews to our pages for an astounding six decades.

Jan 9, 2019 / The Nation

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