Greg Grandin

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Greg Grandin, a Nation editorial board member, is the Peter V. and C. Vann Woodward Professor of History at Yale University. His book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. His latest book is America, América: A New History of the New World.

Man on Fire in Caracas

Burning Man in Venezuela Burning Man in Venezuela

The man set on fire in Caracas might be the perfect symbol of the country’s runaway opposition.

May 26, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Trump and Kissinger

What Kissinger Can Teach Trump about Surviving an Impeachment What Kissinger Can Teach Trump about Surviving an Impeachment

It’s all showbiz—that’s how Henry escaped the Watergate dragnet.

May 11, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Journalists Protest in Veracruz

Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government Mexico’s ‘Drug War’ Is Really a War Against Journalists—Waged by the Government

Washington-backed military and economic initiatives have fueled a perfect machine of perpetual war.

May 10, 2017 / Greg Grandin

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Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue Letters From the May 22/29, 2017, Issue

Schlesinger and Navasky on McCarthyism… Pollitt, Navasky, Grandin, and Lawrence on ‘Russiagate’…

May 4, 2017 / Our Readers, Victor Navasky, Patrick Lawrence, Greg Grandin, and Katha Pollitt

What Is to Be Done in Venezuela?

What Is to Be Done in Venezuela? What Is to Be Done in Venezuela?

An ad-hoc Committee to Save Venezuela offers observations and recommendations that differ from those found in our missionary mainstream media.

May 1, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Donald Trump Syria Bombing Briefing

The Real Targets of Trump’s Strike Were His Domestic Critics The Real Targets of Trump’s Strike Were His Domestic Critics

Six thoughts on the US bombing of Syria.

Apr 7, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Rachel Maddow

Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy Obsession With the Russia Connection Is a High-Risk Anti-Trump Strategy

It lets Democrats off the hook for their own failures—and betting the resistance on finding a smoking gun is a fool’s game.

Apr 6, 2017 / Greg Grandin

US marines outside of Falluja in 2004.

Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’ Why Those Spring Breakers Chanted ‘Build That Wall’

We shouldn’t be surprised—they’re the children of unending war.

Mar 21, 2017 / Greg Grandin

Lenin Moreno

Lenin Lives! (in Latin America) Lenin Lives! (in Latin America)

Lenín Moreno, expected to win Ecuador’s presidential election runoff, practically vibrates Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy.”

Mar 17, 2017 / Greg Grandin

A Crowded street in Ciudad del Este

About Those Islamist Sleeper Cells in South America… About Those Islamist Sleeper Cells in South America…

The Trump administration is huffing and puffing about the danger, but after 15 years and counting, the sleeper cells are still sleeping.

Mar 6, 2017 / Greg Grandin

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