Organized Labor’s Lost Generations Organized Labor’s Lost Generations
Unions have struggled to make substantial gains since the ’70s, but not for the reasons historians think.
Feb 7, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Gabriel Winant
50 Years Ago, Late-Night TV Woke Us 50 Years Ago, Late-Night TV Woke Us
Harry Belafonte’s week hosting the Tonight show brought together the best of the ’60s—and prefigured the era’s decline.
Feb 5, 2018 / Joan Walsh
The Extraordinary Stories of Claribel Alegría The Extraordinary Stories of Claribel Alegría
The spirit of their romance lies in the fact that they are true.
Feb 5, 2018 / Chuck Wachtel
One Person’s Terrorist? Reflections on Zohra Drif’s Memoir of the Algerian Revolution One Person’s Terrorist? Reflections on Zohra Drif’s Memoir of the Algerian Revolution
Is the civilian population of a colonial-settler regime ever a legitimate military target?
Feb 2, 2018 / Bill Fletcher Jr.
The Men Who Made the Third Reich The Men Who Made the Third Reich
How Hitler and the Nazis came to power.
Feb 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Richard J. Evans
How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire
Stephen Kinzer's new history captures how the United States has long been a country guided by both imperialist and isolationist instincts.
Jan 31, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
1989 Was the Year That Brought Us Trump 1989 Was the Year That Brought Us Trump
In present-day Washington, no one can deny that the chickens have come home to roost.
Jan 30, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Alan Sagner, a Loyal and Active Friend of ‘The Nation’ Alan Sagner, a Loyal and Active Friend of ‘The Nation’
He gave the magazine financial and moral support as well as the benefit of his wise counsel.
Jan 30, 2018 / Victor Navasky
Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue
Red Famine revisited… Faith in community…
Jan 25, 2018 / Our Readers
What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution? What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?
To understand the American and French revolutions, one must look not simply at their origins in the wider world but also at how particular environments could become crucibles of in...
Jan 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell