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Greenpeace activists

People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed People Will Remember Shell Oil As a Symbol of Planet-Destroying Greed

On the day the heat index in an Iranian city broke world records, Shell Oil moved forward with its plan to drill in the Arctic.

Jul 31, 2015 / Bill McKibben

John McCain Iran deal

Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal Inside the Effort to Kill the Iran Deal

The rhetoric coming from Iran hawks is increasingly out of touch with public opinion.

Jul 31, 2015 / James Carden

Bernie Sanders in Burlington, Vermont

With Bernie’s People in Vermont With Bernie’s People in Vermont

There’s a strong sense here that with Sanders, what you see is what you get—and that’s resonating with voters elsewhere, too.

Jul 30, 2015 / D.D. Guttenplan

Mayor Bill de Blasio visits a school

New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back New York’s Education ‘Reform’ Movement Keeps Racking Up Victories; Here’s How the Mayor Can Fight Back

Bill de Blasio needs to offer more than universal pre-K—he needs to offer a vision.

Jul 30, 2015 / Pedro Noguera

E.L. Doctorow

So Long, E.L. Doctorow, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh So Long, E.L. Doctorow, It’s Been Good to Know Yuh

You were a friend, a supporter of The Nation, and one of America’s great novelists.

Jul 30, 2015 / Victor Navasky

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Letters From the August 17-24, 2015, Issue Letters From the August 17-24, 2015, Issue

Bad weather, useful idiots, the oily truth, telling privilege…

Jul 30, 2015 / Our Readers

Paul Beatty (credit: Hannah Assouline)

Paul Beatty’s Savage Satire Paul Beatty’s Savage Satire

The Sellout takes aim at black middle-class foibles and fantasies.

Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jesse McCarthy

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law July 30, 1965: LBJ Signs Medicare Into Law

Was it really a “sweeping new departure in American social legislation”?

Jul 30, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Americans with Disabilities Act

The Americans With Disabilities Act Is a Model for the World—Literally The Americans With Disabilities Act Is a Model for the World—Literally

This landmark legislation became the basis for an international treaty embraced by much of the world—but not, ironically, by the United States.

Jul 29, 2015 / Janet E. Lord

Leopoldo López Is Not Venezuela’s Savior

Leopoldo López Is Not Venezuela’s Savior Leopoldo López Is Not Venezuela’s Savior

Despite US support, the revolutionary has only succeeded in pushing like-minded opposition leaders far, far away.

Jul 29, 2015 / Greg Grandin

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