History

Organized Labor’s Lost Generations

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 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

Claribel Alegria

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

Zohra Drif Arrest

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 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 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

Berlin Wall

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

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

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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? 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

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