Silent Reproach Silent Reproach
Some events carry an exceptional symbolic charge.
Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer
America and the Simpson Trial America and the Simpson Trial
This article originally appeared in the March 13, 1995 issue.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams
Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil Le Pen’s Pals–Blood and Soil
There are two unmistakable signs that France is entering a pre-electoral period: The government is once again tinkering with the electoral law and the politicians, particularly t...
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Daniel Singer
Notes on the House of Bondage Notes on the House of Bondage
Baldwin sheds light on the state of America by surveying the dispiriting array of candidates for the 1980 presidential race.
Nov 1, 1980 / Feature / James Baldwin
Open Letter to the Born Again Open Letter to the Born Again
Sometimes, our best efforts at peace are betrayed.
Sep 29, 1979 / James Baldwin
Space Is Not Black Space Is Not Black
Days before the Apollo 11 launch in 1969, The Nation lamented a government that spent freely on white astronauts, engineers, and contractors, but could not find jobs at home for it...
Jun 30, 1969 / Jack Robertson
MLK’s Forgotten Call for Economic Justice MLK’s Forgotten Call for Economic Justice
“Jobs are harder to create than voting rolls.”
Mar 14, 1966 / Martin Luther King Jr.
Let Justice Roll Down Let Justice Roll Down
"Those who expected a cheap victory in a climate of complacency were shocked into reality by Selma."
Mar 15, 1965 / Martin Luther King Jr.
Hammer of Civil Rights Hammer of Civil Rights
“Exactly one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation for them, Negroes wrote their own document of freedom in their own way.”
Mar 9, 1964 / Martin Luther King Jr.
A Bold Design for a New South A Bold Design for a New South
Tokenism was the inevitable outgrowth of the Administration’s design for dealing with discrimination.
Mar 30, 1963 / Martin Luther King Jr.