Farewell, Robert Grossman Farewell, Robert Grossman
His cover art, cartoons, and comic strips delighted Nation readers for decades.
Mar 22, 2018 / Victor Navasky
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
Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul Marcus Raskin, an Activist Heart and Soul
He was a man at ease in his own skin, though not in the world, which he constantly sought to change for the better.
Jan 15, 2018 / The Nation
Marcus Raskin: Farewell to a Prodigiously Beating Heart Marcus Raskin: Farewell to a Prodigiously Beating Heart
Above all, he gave us hope.
Dec 29, 2017 / Norman Birnbaum
Requiem for Zeitgeist Requiem for Zeitgeist
A newly discovered short story, published here for the first time anywhere.
Sep 26, 2017 / Kurt Vonnegut
Legendary Chicana Organizer Betita Martínez Wrote a Perfect Parody for the Trump Era—in 1967 Legendary Chicana Organizer Betita Martínez Wrote a Perfect Parody for the Trump Era—in 1967
Martínez penned it after leaving her job at The Nation to work for SNCC.
Sep 11, 2017 / Tony Platt and Elizabeth Sutherland Martínez
‘The America and the World of Our Dreams—How Far Away They Seem on This Memorial Day!’ ‘The America and the World of Our Dreams—How Far Away They Seem on This Memorial Day!’
Ninety-nine years ago, an editorial in the magazine pleaded for “a world freed from the burden of mutual national distrust and hatred and deceit.”
May 29, 2017 / Column / Richard Kreitner
Letters From the June 5-12, 2017, Issue Letters From the June 5-12, 2017, Issue
A history of colonization… Democracy or disintegration?… Borne back ceaselessly…
May 18, 2017 / Our Readers
What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past What We Can Learn from Our ‘Radical’ Past
The clashes of the past teach us that we must stay committed to a cause bigger than any one person and be willing to fight for years to come.
May 2, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What ‘The New York Times’ Missed in Its Piece about Norman Podhoretz What ‘The New York Times’ Missed in Its Piece about Norman Podhoretz
The profile failed to mention the larger historical context in which the former Commentary editor and his contemporaries operated.
Mar 27, 2017 / Norman Birnbaum