March 22, 1941: The Grand Coulee Dam Opens March 22, 1941: The Grand Coulee Dam Opens
“Grand Coulee is magnificent,” The Nation observed. “But don’t call it planning.”
Mar 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/22/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/22/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/22/15?
Mar 21, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics
The Nation supported the boycott, but not for Carter’s reasons.
Mar 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
What Does It Mean When ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Doesn’t Hold Up? What Does It Mean When ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Doesn’t Hold Up?
Jonathan Capehart dares to ask, and too many on the left don’t want to hear about it.
Mar 20, 2015 / Leslie Savan
The Jim Crow Holy Land The Jim Crow Holy Land
Our own progress against racism in the United States remains too recent, too fragile and too incomplete to go on abetting apartheid in Israel.
Mar 20, 2015 / Phyllis Bennis and Foreign Policy In Focus
At a Jewish Voice For Peace Conference: This Is What Solidarity Looks Like At a Jewish Voice For Peace Conference: This Is What Solidarity Looks Like
When a Palestinian woman went to this Jewish group’s annual conference, she found a growing movement of Jews and other allies.
Mar 20, 2015 / Nadia Hijab
We Need to End the Student Loan Debt Crisis We Need to End the Student Loan Debt Crisis
To draw attention to the magnitude of the student debt crisis, we’re doing something dramatic.
Mar 20, 2015 / NationAction
Why the New Film About the Gang Rape and Murder of Jyoti Singh Is Required Viewing Why the New Film About the Gang Rape and Murder of Jyoti Singh Is Required Viewing
The documentary has been banned in India—which makes watching it only more urgent.
Mar 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Nitasha Kaul
12 Years After Invading, the US Still Has Its Back Turned on Iraqi Refugees 12 Years After Invading, the US Still Has Its Back Turned on Iraqi Refugees
After waiting years for a decision on their visa applications with no explanation for the delay, nine Iraqis are suing the US government they once worked for.
Mar 20, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
Republicans Loved Netanyahu’s Racist Election Tactics Republicans Loved Netanyahu’s Racist Election Tactics
House GOP lauds Netanyahu’s win as "hard-fought and well-earned."
Mar 20, 2015 / Ali Gharib