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Frederick Law Olmsted

What Would Our Founder, Frederick Law Olmsted, Think of TheNation.com? What Would Our Founder, Frederick Law Olmsted, Think of TheNation.com?

Olmsted’s original mission statement for The Nation ridiculed daily newspapers in language that applies to much Internet journalism today.

Jul 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders Speaks Bernie Sanders Speaks

In his most revealing interview, the socialist presidential candidate sets out his vision for America.

Jul 6, 2015 / Feature / John Nichols

The Nation Marks 150th Birthday With Beautifully Reimagined New Website, Legacy Media Looks Forward The Nation Marks 150th Birthday With Beautifully Reimagined New Website, Legacy Media Looks Forward

America's oldest weekly magazine looks to the next 150 years.

Jul 6, 2015 / Press Room

July 5, 1996: Dolly the Sheep Is Born, the First Mammal Produced by Cloning

July 5, 1996: Dolly the Sheep Is Born, the First Mammal Produced by Cloning July 5, 1996: Dolly the Sheep Is Born, the First Mammal Produced by Cloning

“Do we really want to manufacture animals on the assembly line and look on them not as live organisms but as relatively cheap factories that can yield profitable products?”

Jul 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

New York Nation Day Proclamation

Mayor Bill de Blasio Declares July 6, 2015, ‘Nation Day’ Mayor Bill de Blasio Declares July 6, 2015, ‘Nation Day’

New York’s mayor has excellent taste.

Jul 5, 2015 / The Editors

Declaration of Independence

July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence Is Published July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence Is Published

"We celebrate, in short, not simply the national independence, or the return of peace, but the close of the agitation about slavery, and the extinction of slavery itself."

Jul 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

July 3, 1860: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Is Born July 3, 1860: Charlotte Perkins Gilman Is Born

“Every country must sooner or later confront the same alternatives: crowd and starve, fight and die, or limit the population.”

Jul 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Mission Accomplished

The Superpower Conundrum The Superpower Conundrum

The rise and fall of just about everything.

Jul 2, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt

Why the Black Church Forgives Dylann Roof

Why the Black Church Forgives Dylann Roof Why the Black Church Forgives Dylann Roof

And how President Obama’s Charleston eulogy used the theology of black liberation to call the country to account for racism.

Jul 2, 2015 / Kelly Brown Douglas

Trying to Forgive the Black Church

Trying to Forgive the Black Church Trying to Forgive the Black Church

Dylann Roof can’t have my mercy, but I can try to make peace with black Christianity.

Jul 2, 2015 / Jamilah Lemieux

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