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Carey McWilliams

Carey McWilliams was editor of The Nation for twenty years (1955-75) and wrote numerous books on California. He died on 1980.

HistoryApril 23, 2009

The Nixon Impeachment Saga

The House Judiciary Committee says Richard Nixon must stand trial in the Senate for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Carey McWilliams
HistoryApril 22, 2009

Army-McCarthy Hearings: Gentelmen’s Agreement

With his farcical accusations against the Secretary of the Army, Tailgunner Joe meets his Waterloo.

Carey McWilliams
HistoryApril 2, 2009

Watts: The Forgotten Slum

The Watts riot was rooted in contempt–for those who ignore the suffering and squalor of a community.

Carey McWilliams
HistoryApril 2, 2009

Watergate: The Measures to Be Taken

Reflections on a ‘Saturday Night Massacre’.

Carey McWilliams
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HistoryJuly 31, 2008

The Bitter Legacy of LBJ

It was a rigged convention, and the Chicago police were spoiling for a fight.

Carey McWilliams
PoliticsAugust 14, 2003

Politics of Personality: California

This essay, from the October 27, 1962, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on California, click here for information on how to acquire individual access to the Archive–an electronic database of every Nation article since 1865.

Carey McWilliams
March 3, 1956

Miracle in Alabama

“An entire community has experienced a rebirth of freedom. The men and women who compose it now stand erect.”

Carey McWilliams