This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What We Wrote About Olympic Boycotts in 1936 and 1980 This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What We Wrote About Olympic Boycotts in 1936 and 1980
We’ve supported boycotts before, but this time engagement is the way to go.
Jan 18, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K Bill de Blasio’s Persuasive Case for Universal Pre-K
If the mayor can get the governor and state legislators to support him, New York could become the model for how to fund crucial priorities in a progressive, sustainable way.
Jan 14, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Passion of Amiri Baraka This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Passion of Amiri Baraka
We published some of his earliest poems as well as his great 1964 essay on Sonny Liston vs. Cassius Clay.
Jan 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
2014 Promises Plenty of Positive Change 2014 Promises Plenty of Positive Change
Outside the Beltway, people are beginning to stir and change is in the air.
Jan 7, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Helped Start the ‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How We Helped Start the ‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s
An article in our pages in 1919 helped rescue the long-deceased scribe from obscurity and secured him a prominent place in the American canon.
Jan 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Fifty Years Later, the War on Poverty Must Be Renewed This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Fifty Years Later, the War on Poverty Must Be Renewed
President Obama and his congressional Democratic allies should rededicate the country to the Great Society’s best initiative.
Dec 28, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What de Blasio Can Learn From His Model, La Guardia This Week in ‘Nation’ History: What de Blasio Can Learn From His Model, La Guardia
Before his mayoralty and after, The Nation repeatedly held La Guardia up as the model of how powerful and progressive a mayor can actually be.
Dec 21, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Just Because Congress Cut a Budget Deal Doesn’t Mean It’s a Good One Just Because Congress Cut a Budget Deal Doesn’t Mean It’s a Good One
Is the Ryan-Murray budget deal getting more applause than it deserves?
Dec 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How Janet Yellen Can Turn the Fed to the Left This Week in ‘Nation’ History: How Janet Yellen Can Turn the Fed to the Left
Now is the time to implement William Greider’s ideas for a more transparent and democratic central bank.
Dec 14, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US Nelson Mandela and His Cause Weren’t Always Revered in the US
Everyone’s lining up to pay tribute to Mandela; but in the Reagan era, many were close to the apartheid regime.
Dec 10, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel