Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History
The real sanitization of the past happened when the statues were put up. To correct the record, a museum of Reconstruction should take their place.
Jun 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Scott P. Marler
Another Typical Day in the Trump Administration Another Typical Day in the Trump Administration
Jun 13, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
What Caused the Russian Revolution? What Caused the Russian Revolution?
How historians narrate 1917 tells us as much about their politics as it does about what we can learn from the revolution’s failures.
Jun 13, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Sophie Pinkham
Oliver Stone Talks to ‘The Nation’ About His New Documentary ‘The Putin Interviews’ Oliver Stone Talks to ‘The Nation’ About His New Documentary ‘The Putin Interviews’
As the intelligence community, Congress, and the press investigate alleged Russian tampering with the US presidential election, Stone shows Putin’s side of the story.
Jun 12, 2017 / Ed Rampell
Norman Lear: From Archie Bunker to Donald Trump Norman Lear: From Archie Bunker to Donald Trump
The creator of TV classic All in the Family reflects on how 2016 was about Americans’ rejecting decades of ethically devoid leadership.
Jun 12, 2017 / Jon Wiener
Wonder Women Wonder Women
If you’re looking for a heroine at the movies this summer, you should look beyond the latest superhero story.
Jun 9, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Norman Lear: Donald Trump Is the Middle Finger of the American Right Hand Norman Lear: Donald Trump Is the Middle Finger of the American Right Hand
What distinguishes All in the Family, which had 60 million viewers during the 1970s, from political satire today?
Jun 8, 2017 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
The Nefarious ‘Fake News’ Media! The Nefarious ‘Fake News’ Media!
Climate change and those communications between Russia and the Trump administration? All fake.
Jun 6, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
The Historians’ War Over the Six-Day War The Historians’ War Over the Six-Day War
Ever since 1967, writers have been debating the conflict.
Jun 5, 2017 / Guy Laron
Al Franken Is Not Running for President Al Franken Is Not Running for President
But his new book is the antidote to Trumpism.
Jun 5, 2017 / Q&A / Joan Walsh