Nation History

Cesar’s Ghost Cesar’s Ghost

Cesar, who was always good at symbols, saved his best for last: a simple pine box, fashioned by his brother's hands, carried unceremoniously through the Central Valley town he made...

Jan 21, 2006 / Feature / Frank Bardacke

The Cost of Integrity The Cost of Integrity

The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's The recent controversy over false claims in James Frey's best-selling memoir "A Million Little Pieces" raises questions abo...

Jan 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kluger

How Do We Know FISA Is Working? How Do We Know FISA Is Working?

The illegality of the Bush-approved NSA domestic spying program seems obvious, especially with the passage of FISA in 1978, which requires electronic surveillance to be conducted o...

Jan 4, 2006 / Feature / Herman Schwartz

The Faith of Eugene McCarthy The Faith of Eugene McCarthy

Eugene McCarthy, the Minnesota senator, frequent presidential candidate and poet who died Saturday at age 89, never had a chance at the Democratic nomination in 1968. But his passi...

Dec 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Sherrill

AIDS Movement Seizes Control AIDS Movement Seizes Control

Despite its controversy, World AIDS Day has demonstrated how vast and global the AIDS movement has gone. While the extent of AIDS advocacy was not as far-reaching then, in 1987 a b...

Dec 2, 2005 / Feature / Mark Gevisser

G.M. Stumps the Senators G.M. Stumps the Senators

With assembly plant shut-downs and a massive layoff of 5,000 workers, GM has seen better days. Those include the 1950s, when GM was in trouble with the Senate for being too powerfu...

Nov 23, 2005 / Feature / John Keats

Emile Capouya Emile Capouya

Emile Capouya, literary editor of The Nation from 1970-1976, was both a working man and an intellectual, who brought trade book publishing to European standards and lived to oppose...

Nov 17, 2005 / Ted Solotaroff

Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel and Publisher Victor Navasky pose for a joint portrait at the offices of The Nation on December 4, 2001.

Letter From the (Outgoing) Publisher Letter From the (Outgoing) Publisher

As Editor Katrina vanden Heuvel becomes the latest in a long line of publisher/owners of The Nation, Victor Navasky looks ahead to his new role as publisher emeritus and member of ...

Nov 10, 2005 / Victor Navasky

Six Days in Paris Six Days in Paris

As hundreds of riots rock the cities and towns of France, the government imposed a curfew Tuesday and the French tried to make sense of the random attacks and acts of arson eruptin...

Nov 8, 2005 / Feature / Harry Braverman

Passing the Torch Passing the Torch

Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel takes on the role of publisher and general partner at the magazine, and Victor Navasky becomes publisher emeritus and a member of the magazine's...

Nov 7, 2005 / The Editors

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