Black Citizenship and South Africa Black Citizenship and South Africa
Last week I delivered the W.E.B. Du Bois lectures at Harvard University. In this series of lectures I took up issues surrounding African American citizenship in the contemporary Un...
Apr 6, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Barbara Ehrenreich: Is Capitalism Dead? Barbara Ehrenreich: Is Capitalism Dead?
Nation contributor Barbara Ehrenreich discusses the changing definition of socialism and its new relevance to the current economic meltdown.
Apr 6, 2009 / The Nation Video
President Obama’s Tough Love President Obama’s Tough Love
American classic BarcaLounger gets some bad news as Obama expands his tough love from Detroit to other industries.
Apr 6, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
What Cuba’s Rebels Want What Cuba’s Rebels Want
Fidel Castro says his country is in desperate shape and can only be rescued by a revolutionary government.
Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Fidel Castro
The House of Morgan The House of Morgan
Sixty years before Leona Helmsley, J.P. Morgan says that only the little people have to pay taxes.
Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Paul Y. Anderson
The Ordeal of Alger Hiss The Ordeal of Alger Hiss
Alger Hiss may have been the defendant, but a whole generation was put on trial--and convicted.
Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Robert Bendiner
The Case of Alger Hiss The Case of Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss are caught up in what Chambers calls a 'tragedy of history.' For Hiss, that's what it turns out to be.
Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Thomas Sanction
Save Our Schools Save Our Schools
This Tuesday a rally in Gainesville calls for saving higher ed in Florida.
Apr 6, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks North Korea Rocket Stirs Hawks
North Korea's rocket launch has set the hawks circling, threatening Obama's non-proliferation agenda before it's off the ground. Chuck Hagel is pushing back.
Apr 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bailout Ballpark Bailout Ballpark
I spent Saturday afternoon at Citi Field, the New York Mets' newly built, 45,000-seat stadium in Flushing, Queens, and can report that it is a lovely place to take in a baseball ga...
Apr 5, 2009 / Eyal Press