Nation History

1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won

1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won 1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won

Vietnam is a unique case—culturally, historically and politically. I hope that the United States will not repeat its Vietnam blunders elsewhere.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

2005–2015: This All Seems Eerily Familiar

2005–2015: This All Seems Eerily Familiar 2005–2015: This All Seems Eerily Familiar

Nation writers on disaster capitalism, Blackwater, Obama, the financial bailout, austerity, Occupy Wall Street, Trayvon Martin and Charlie Hebdo.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre Cuba Libre

Covering the island has been a central concern for The Nation since the beginning—producing scoops, aiding diplomacy, and pushing for a change in policy.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Kornbluh

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

As The Nation looks forward to the next 150 years, we asked some contributors to StudentNation, the campus-oriented section of our site, and former Nation interns what a radical fu...

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

150 Years of Telling the Truth

150 Years of Telling the Truth 150 Years of Telling the Truth

Independence—one of the keys to The Nation’s longevity—has become ever more important in an age that urgently needs dissident and rebellious voices.

Mar 23, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics

March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics

The Nation supported the boycott, but not for Carter’s reasons.

Mar 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old

Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old

The Nation’s archives, Henry James wrote in our fiftieth anniversary issue, “compose the record of the general life of civilization.”

Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

1975–1985: Standing in Solidarity Against Jackbooted Oppressors

1975–1985: Standing in Solidarity Against Jackbooted Oppressors 1975–1985: Standing in Solidarity Against Jackbooted Oppressors

It is nonsensical that those who support free-market economic policy should pretend to reject the system of terror it requires to succeed.

Feb 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies

February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies

The Nation gave Thompson his first big break in journalism in 1965.

Feb 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Today is FDR’s Birthday: Before the 1932 Election, ‘The Nation’ Was Not Impressed

Today is FDR’s Birthday: Before the 1932 Election, ‘The Nation’ Was Not Impressed Today is FDR’s Birthday: Before the 1932 Election, ‘The Nation’ Was Not Impressed

“A new deal is needed in the world,” The Nation said, but FDR was not the man to deliver it.

Jan 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

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