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In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened? In 1970, Environmentalism Was Poised to ‘Bring Us All Together.’ What Happened?

Today, the environment is a controversial issue divided along partisan lines—but it wasn't always that way.

Apr 20, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Zoë Carpenter

What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families?

What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families? What Can Stop the Ongoing Assault on Black Families?

Through a shared desire to balance a critique of racism with a call for personal responsibility, liberals and conservatives have been united in looking with exasperation at the bla...

Apr 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Dani McClain

The Absurdly Rational Logic of Wages for Wives

The Absurdly Rational Logic of Wages for Wives The Absurdly Rational Logic of Wages for Wives

A radical re-evaluation of caregiving work—proposed in The Nation in 1926—is still potent today.

Apr 7, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Michelle Chen

Is America Possible Without Empire?

Is America Possible Without Empire? Is America Possible Without Empire?

Rather than sizzle or suffocate, let us get on with imagining a new America.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / William Appleman Williams and Greg Grandin

A Report From Occupied Territory

A Report From Occupied Territory A Report From Occupied Territory

The law is meant to be my servant and not my master, still less my torturer and my murderer.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Baldwin and Carrie Mae Weems

The Gospel According to Wendell Berry

The Gospel According to Wendell Berry The Gospel According to Wendell Berry

To destroy a forest is an act of greater seriousness than we have yet grasped. But to destroy the earth itself is to destroy the possibility of recovery.

Mar 23, 2015 / Encounter / Wendell Berry and Wen Stephenson

When Respectability Was No Longer Respectable, and Virtue Required Acting Out, Not Leaning In

When Respectability Was No Longer Respectable, and Virtue Required Acting Out, Not Leaning In When Respectability Was No Longer Respectable, and Virtue Required Acting Out, Not Leaning In

Spelman College girls are still “nice,” but not enough to keep them from walking up and down, carrying picket signs, in front of supermarkets in the heart of Atlanta.

Mar 23, 2015 / Encounter / Howard Zinn and Paula J. Giddings

The Reporter Who Warned Us Not to Invade Vietnam 10 Years Before the Gulf of Tonkin

The Reporter Who Warned Us Not to Invade Vietnam 10 Years Before the Gulf of Tonkin The Reporter Who Warned Us Not to Invade Vietnam 10 Years Before the Gulf of Tonkin

A farsighted policy might do more to stem the Communist tide than sending a few more plane-loads of napalm.

Mar 23, 2015 / Encounter / Bernard Fall and Frances FitzGerald

Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy

Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy Langston Hughes and Touré on Loving Blackness in a Nation Ruled by White Supremacy

The Black artist still must confront the choice between being a messenger about the community and being a pure maker of artistic product.

Mar 23, 2015 / Encounter / Langston Hughes and Touré

When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary

When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary When the World Became a Huge Penitentiary

An eloquent portrait of underground life among the undocumented and the damned of the earth.

Mar 23, 2015 / Encounter / Emma Goldman and Vivian Gornick

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