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Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Can Men and Women Be Friends? Can Men and Women Be Friends?

Feminism has opened up far more space than could have been imagined in the 1920s.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Floyd Dell and Michelle Goldberg

If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over

If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over If We Repossessed Empty Homes, Homelessness Would Be Over

It will need a robust Mayor and city government to take the law into their own hands; but the people would support them.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / William MacDonald and Bill de Blasio

When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels

When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels

We know today the Founders were not Fathers to be proud of.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Simeon Strunsky and Richard Kreitner

1905–1915: Henry James’s Obscurities

1905–1915: Henry James’s Obscurities 1905–1915: Henry James’s Obscurities

To get the story you must pay the price.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

What Would Lincoln Think of Race Relations on His 100th Birthday?

What Would Lincoln Think of Race Relations on His 100th Birthday? What Would Lincoln Think of Race Relations on His 100th Birthday?

The Nation’s publisher writes about “the negro problem” during the very week he helped found the NAACP.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard

American Imperialism: This Is When It All Began

American Imperialism: This Is When It All Began American Imperialism: This Is When It All Began

Accustomed to trampling democracy at home, jingoists cannot be expected to see its virtues abroad.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Horace White and Elinor Langer

1895–1905: When the American Empire Was Born

1895–1905: When the American Empire Was Born 1895–1905: When the American Empire Was Born

Whenever a small force of Americans undertakes an expedition, the woods and hills become alive with enemies.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

Clickbait Has Plagued Journalism for 125 Years

Clickbait Has Plagued Journalism for 125 Years Clickbait Has Plagued Journalism for 125 Years

The dragging down of the mighty has been not unpleasing sport in all ages.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / E.L. Godkin and Rochelle Gurstein

We Have Been Talking About Football’s Brutality for 120 Years

We Have Been Talking About Football’s Brutality for 120 Years We Have Been Talking About Football’s Brutality for 120 Years

American parents should keep their sons out of the game.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

1885–1895: Anarchists Are Vagabonds and Ruffians and Threaten Everything We Most Value on Earth

1885–1895: Anarchists Are Vagabonds and Ruffians and Threaten Everything We Most Value on Earth 1885–1895: Anarchists Are Vagabonds and Ruffians and Threaten Everything We Most Value on Earth

There is nothing likely to prove so effective a deterrent as death.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

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