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Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court

Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court

In a 2001 cover story in The Nation, Bugliosi eloquently denounced the Court's treasonous decision in Bush v. Gore.

Jun 9, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Rikers Island

‘Worse Than Forgetfulness’: Prison Escapes, Prison Suicides, Prison Conditions ‘Worse Than Forgetfulness’: Prison Escapes, Prison Suicides, Prison Conditions

Two stories in the news represent two very different forms of liberation from the same broken and oppressive system.

Jun 9, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking

Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking Suspended Surveillance: Two Years of Heretical Thinking

It is worth pausing to consider how far things have moved since the Snowden revelations.

Jun 2, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War

‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War ‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War

It is painful to imagine how much could have been avoided and achieved had The Nation’s warnings been heeded.

May 8, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art

The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art The Whitney Museum and the ‘Pompous Doors’ of American Art

The Nation's critic in 1931 said the museum would abet the snobbery that believes "American painting is a second-rate affair."

Apr 27, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...

Apr 22, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies

‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies ‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies

The League’s co-founder, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a Nation staff editor, was known in the magazine’s offices for her habit of “absently nibbling raisins a...

Apr 8, 2015 / Back Issues / Back Issues

A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son)

A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son) A Note From a Reader (and a ‘Nation’ Son)

Reliving distant memories of the 1950s, in The Nation’s archives and in Cuba.

Apr 6, 2015 / Back Issues / Back Issues

We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger

We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger We Need a Million More Bowe Bergdahls, Says a Former US Army Ranger

To kill somebody for a cause you don’t believe in is potentially worse than being killed yourself, because those scars last forever.

Mar 26, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old

Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old

The Nation’s archives, Henry James wrote in our fiftieth anniversary issue, “compose the record of the general life of civilization.”

Mar 18, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

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