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Memphis Is Also America Memphis Is Also America

The civil rights movement that erupted in 1968 revealed in a few swift weeks white America's failure to respond to the nonviolence of Dr. King, and black America's recoil into desp...

Oct 31, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Pat Watters

America’s Early Role in the Congo Tragedy America’s Early Role in the Congo Tragedy

How US financiers helped Belgium's King Leopold rape the homeland of some 20 million Africans.

Oct 10, 2007 / Feature / Robert Wuliger

Our New Look Our New Look

Take note of our new look, new features, the return of Comix Nation in the print edition of the magazine.

Sep 27, 2007 / The Editors

Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death? Should Ex-Presidents Be Put to Death?

To the Editor of The Nation:

Sep 18, 2007 / The Nation

Lessons From the Tonkin Gulf Lessons From the Tonkin Gulf

From the Nation archives, the late senator and onetime editor of this magazine recalls his lonely stand against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, approved by Congress August 7, 1964, ...

Aug 7, 2007 / Feature / Ernest Gruening

Nixon’s Broadway Revival Nixon’s Broadway Revival

Peter Morgan's new play is highly entertaining; Frank Langella's portrait of Nixon is brutally amusing; yet the play is historically inaccurate.

Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew

Hiss In History Hiss In History

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.

Apr 18, 2007 / Victor Navasky

Hiss in History Hiss in History

Although many historians have condemned Alger Hiss as a Soviet spy, the facts of his story remain obscure.

Apr 12, 2007 / Victor Navasky

Robert Engler Robert Engler

Remembering the political economist who brought to contemporary issues the research and philosophical vision of a scholar.

Mar 15, 2007 / The Editors

Schlesinger & The Nation Schlesinger & The Nation

Remembering an eminent activist historian whose passing has left the public sphere much poorer.

Mar 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky

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