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Marshall Berman

No one has been more loving or lucid in his depiction, criticism and celebration of urbanity.

Saul helped ignite a political awareness and a passion for history in me.

Graham Usher

In his very first Nation dispatch, Graham reported from the territories on Arafat’s plummeting popularity and human rights abuses, as well as his shameful concessions in the Cairo security accords.

From his release from a Gulag in 1953 to his death in Moscow this week, Anton had one mission: ‘To unmask Stalin, his henchmen and their heirs.’

Mary Thom

The most radical thing a person can be is herself—without apology or explanation.

Mary Thom

The feminist author and long-time editor of Ms. magazine died tragically in a biking accident.

Bob Edgar

For half a century, Bob walked with the movements for economic and social justice, for peace, and above all for democracy.

The Flatiron Building in 1903, at the end of the last Gilded Age

In the Age of Bloomberg, America’s most iconic big city is also its most unequal.

Anthony Lewis

For more than three decades, he was perhaps the most prominent establishment voice for the antiwar, human rights and civil rights movements.

Hugo Chavez sign

Yes, the Venezuelan president could be a strongman. But he leaves behind what might be called the most democratic country in the Western Hemisphere.

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American Book Award–winner, chronicler of indigenous struggles and proud radical, Ross wrote his own epitaph: "Life, like reporting, is a kind of death sentence. Pardon me for having lived it so fully."

 

January 18, 2011

Cookie Gilchrist, one of the great football players and outspoken athletes, died of cancer on January 10, the day before a remarkable political/sports anniversary.

January 13, 2011

A few of the notable individuals who contributed to the progressive tradition in American life.

January 11, 2011

Presidential thoughts about the Irish, the Italians, and the Jews.

December 28, 2010

A man who acted courageously in the face of one of America's most dishonorable historical episodes.

December 21, 2010

When one of the most prominent women in America embraced Cindy Sheehan's demand that George Bush listen to antiwar voices, it mattered.

December 8, 2010

 A personal reflection on John Lennon's New York years.

December 7, 2010

A true heir to the founders of a republic forged in opposition to colonialism, Chalmers Johnson gave us a modern language to explain the folly of empire.

November 23, 2010

 Remembering the man who set himself on fire in outcry against the killing of civilians in Vietnam.

November 13, 2010

The aggressive news coverage of Tyler Clementi's death has altered the nature of the situation

October 6, 2010
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