Society

Some Jews & the Gays Some Jews & the Gays

Vidal on the new upper-middle-class Jewish hate of homosexuals.

Nov 14, 1981 / Gore Vidal

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

Apollo 11

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

Earth rising on the lunar horizon

The Moon Will Wait The Moon Will Wait

In early 1969, Nation editors were skeptical about the space race, and NASA’s “juvenile, brutal approach” in rushing to get a man on the moon.

Jan 13, 1969 / The Nation

A Report from Occupied Territory

A Report from Occupied Territory A Report from Occupied Territory

These things happen, in all our Harlems, every single day. If we ignore this fact, and our common responsibility to change this fact, we are sealing our doom.

Jul 11, 1966 / James Baldwin

MLK’s Forgotten Call for Economic Justice

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.

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 / Books & the Arts / Martin Luther King Jr.

Hammer of Civil Rights

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 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.

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