The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases
Sacco and Vanzetti are being tried for highway robbery and murder, but the real charge is radicalism.
May 14, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Glendower Evans
Thoughts on the H-Bomb Thoughts on the H-Bomb
Now that the US has exploded its first hydrogen bomb, a negotiated peace with the Soviet Union is more important than ever.
May 14, 2009 / The Editors
Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings
Before a nationally televised audience, attorney Joseph Welch utters the seven words that stick a pin in McCarthy's balloon: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
May 14, 2009 / Feature / H. H. Wilson
Slide Show: The Nation at War Slide Show: The Nation at War
From the Civil War and D-Day to Iraq and Afghanistan, images of military conflicts and efforts to create a lasting peace.
May 14, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Let’s Make Every Vote Count Let’s Make Every Vote Count
This is one of a series of posts on electoral reform and just democracy. You can read the first post in the series here. Quick: When did we elect the President last year? If you...
May 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service Let’s Hear It For the National Health Service
"Dr. Sikora, do you feel there is a need to expand competition and choice for people in this country?" asks the interviewer. "Absolutely," says Dr. Karol Sikora...
May 14, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger Ten Things You Can Do to Fight World Hunger
Eat less meat, conserve energy, buy fair-trade products, support sustainable agriculture, advocate for food security as a human right...
May 13, 2009 / The Nation
Lax Little Islands Lax Little Islands
Obama and Congress must get tougher on offshore tax cheats--prosecuting them as criminals and requiring full payment, with penalties and interest.
May 13, 2009 / David Cay Johnston
Noted. Noted.
The paper industry's tax loophole; healthcare reform protesters under arrest; apartheid victims' day in court; a Hillman award for The Nation.
May 13, 2009 / The Editors
The More Things Change The More Things Change
Wall Street's pervasive influence on Obama's change agenda props up banks, while the real economy continues to suffer.
May 13, 2009 / Jeff Faux