David Nasaw

David Nasaw, who recently retired as the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Professor of History at the CUNY Graduate Center, is the author of The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War.

HistoryMay 9, 2022

United States to Refugees: Don’t Give Us Your Tired, Your Poor!

Putting out the welcome mat for white Christians—while slamming the door in the faces of other migrants—is an American tradition.

David Nasaw
BiographyJanuary 29, 2021

Does Christopher Hitchens Need an Authorized Biography?

Attempts by the former Nation columnist’s widow and literary agent to police a biography are both futile and short-sighted.

David Nasaw
HistoryMay 5, 2015

How the Horrors of World War II Lived On

Tens of millions were murdered or expelled from their homes in a whirlwind of ethnic cleansing.

David Nasaw
PovertyNovember 17, 2010

The ‘Giving’ Season

What’s so bad about big-ticket philanthropy? Nothing—except that it lets the wealthy decide how to spend money that would be the Treasury’s.

David Nasaw
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David Nasaw

HistoryMay 9, 2022

Putting out the welcome mat for white Christians—while slamming the door in the faces of other migrants—is an American tradition.

BiographyJanuary 29, 2021

Attempts by the former Nation columnist’s widow and literary agent to police a biography are both futile and short-sighted.

HistoryMay 5, 2015

Tens of millions were murdered or expelled from their homes in a whirlwind of ethnic cleansing.

PovertyNovember 17, 2010

What’s so bad about big-ticket philanthropy? Nothing—except that it lets the wealthy decide how to spend money that would be the Treasury’s.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.