This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Broken Promise of ‘Brown v. Board of Ed.,’ Sixty Years Later This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Broken Promise of ‘Brown v. Board of Ed.,’ Sixty Years Later
Anniversaries of the decision are opportunities to reflect on how much has been promised, how much delivered, how much still owed.
May 14, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s What John Steinbeck Would Have Thought of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
For seventy-five years, industry has tried to paint organized workers as "red agitators."
May 1, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Time to Return Earth Day to its Radical Origins
The most important day to advocate for the Earth is not April 22nd, but April 23rd.
Apr 23, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The New Abolitionism The New Abolitionism
Averting planetary disaster will mean forcing fossil fuel companies to give up at least $10 trillion in wealth.
Apr 22, 2014 / Feature / Chris Hayes
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Here’s the Backstory on Marx and Marxism in Our Pages
The substance and tone of Nation articles on Marxism have tended to shift with the larger political, cultural and economic tides.
Apr 18, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Since FDR We’ve Been Fighting To Get Money Out of Politics This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Since FDR We’ve Been Fighting To Get Money Out of Politics
The struggle for genuine reform is in the noblest traditions of this magazine.
Apr 5, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fearless Idealism of Jonathan Schell This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fearless Idealism of Jonathan Schell
As he once wrote of history itself, Jonathan was “no respecter of conventional wisdom.”
Mar 29, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fall and Rise of American Cities, Through Camilo José Vergara’s Lens
Vergara’s ambivalent feelings about gentrifying Harlem stem from a recognition of just how far the neighborhood had fallen in previous years.
Mar 22, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Horrific Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Horrific Legacy of the Invasion of Iraq
Iraqis continue to suffer, as much as ever, the fallout from this country’s callous lies and avoidable mistakes.
Mar 15, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’
The quivering throngs of teen-aged girls, The Nation’s reviewer wrote, said much more about the susceptibility of Americans to fashionable trends than it did about the talent...
Mar 8, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel