This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Eighty Years of Opposition to Universal and Affordable Healthcare
Opposition to affordable healthcare has always been backed by untold sums of corporate money and marked by a notably consistent streak of red-baiting rhetoric and doom-saying predi...
Oct 5, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone American Exceptionalism, According to Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone’s Untold History of the United States will be rereleased this month on DVD; it tells a different story than the school textbooks we're used to.
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Government Shutdown as Coup d’État This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Government Shutdown as Coup d’État
In a brilliant 1996 essay, political theorist Sheldon Wolin connected austerity economics to a broader Republican philosophy of governance--or lack thereof.
Sep 28, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Case for Gun Liability Laws The Case for Gun Liability Laws
When the government is worried that you might abuse that second bottle of NyQuil, it’s not unreasonable to put limits on gun purchases.
Sep 24, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Iran and the US, From Coup to Revolution—to Détente? This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Iran and the US, From Coup to Revolution—to Détente?
Reading through this complicated history in our pages, one sees how much has gone wrong between the two countries, but also how much could be set right.
Sep 20, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
De la revista The Nation: Las investigaciones de Saúl Landau sobre los vínculos de EUA y el régimen de Pinochet De la revista The Nation: Las investigaciones de Saúl Landau sobre los vínculos de EUA y el régimen de Pinochet
Fue para The Nation un honor publicar su trabajo en un momento tan tempranos y definitivo en su carrera, cuando él trató de descubrir quién fue el responsable de la muerte brutal y...
Sep 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Madness on Display GOP Madness on Display
The Republican right is once more gearing up to hold America hostage.
Sep 17, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Let’s Test Russia’s Resolve’ ‘Let’s Test Russia’s Resolve’
Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel talks about the opportunity for collaboration with Russia in Syria.
Sep 16, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Saul Landau’s Investigations of US Ties to the Pinochet Regime This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Saul Landau’s Investigations of US Ties to the Pinochet Regime
The late Saul Landau spent years investigating the assassination in Washington, DC, of his friend, Orlando Letelier, the former Chilean foreign minister. What he found pointed righ...
Sep 13, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Syria: Alternative to War Syria: Alternative to War
A diplomatic solution is possible.
Sep 11, 2013 / Stephen F. Cohen and Katrina vanden Heuvel