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What Is Freedom?

What Is Freedom? What Is Freedom?

A personal reflection on how a generation tested the meaning of that word in 1968.

Aug 2, 2018 / Feature / Arthur Goldhammer

The Most Interesting and Important Things We Published in 1968

The Most Interesting and Important Things We Published in 1968 The Most Interesting and Important Things We Published in 1968

The Nation’s coverage of a pivotal year.

Aug 2, 2018 / Feature / Richard Kreitner

The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers

The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers The Siege of Chicago at 50: Todd Gitlin Remembers

“There was an apocalyptic, confrontational spirit.”

Aug 1, 2018 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

The Quilt of Romare Bearden’s Life

The Quilt of Romare Bearden’s Life The Quilt of Romare Bearden’s Life

For 30 years, the artist worked for the New York City Department of Welfare, a day job that was much more than a necessary evil.

Jul 13, 2018 / Aidan Levy

The Trials of Jimmy Carter

The Trials of Jimmy Carter The Trials of Jimmy Carter

 The president without a party.

Jul 5, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Michael Kazin

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The Generational Trauma of Separating Families The Generational Trauma of Separating Families

The roots of Trump’s child-detention policy are in American history.

Jun 20, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy?

How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy? How Did Vietnam Transform White Supremacy?

Kathleen Belew’s sobering new history tracks the hidden relationship between the war and a resurgence in racial violence.

Jun 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Blanchfield

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It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country It’s Time for Americans to Reckon With the True History of Racial Oppression in This Country

In “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America,” Jeffery Robinson aims to help us do just that.

Jun 11, 2018 / Collier Meyerson

Ira Berlin

Ira Berlin, 1941–2018 Ira Berlin, 1941–2018

Remembering a man who transformed scholarship on slavery and African-American culture.

Jun 8, 2018 / Eric Foner

James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism

James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism James Baldwin, Robert Penn Warren, and the Politics of Southern Multiculturalism

The search for cultural diversity and social equality.

Jun 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Robert Greene II

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