Remembering Praful Bidwai Remembering Praful Bidwai
Praful Bidwai used rigorous journalism to advance progressive change.
Jul 1, 2015 / Lived History / Mark Kesselman
Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court Vincent Bugliosi’s Trophy Prosecution Wasn’t Charles Manson—It Was the Supreme Court
In a 2001 cover story in The Nation, Bugliosi eloquently denounced the Court's treasonous decision in Bush v. Gore.
Jun 9, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Jacob Lawrence’s Art as Journalism Jacob Lawrence’s Art as Journalism
The painter’s migration series was a first draft of history for one of black America’s defining moments.
May 8, 2015 / Lived History / Syreeta McFadden
‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War ‘The Black Night Is Over’: On the 70th Anniversary of VE Day, Remembering How War Begets War
It is painful to imagine how much could have been avoided and achieved had The Nation’s warnings been heeded.
May 8, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
Remembering Guy Carawan: The Man Who Popularized ‘We Shall Overcome’ Remembering Guy Carawan: The Man Who Popularized ‘We Shall Overcome’
Guy Carawan's music had a message and his songs became the unofficial anthems of the Civil Rights movement.
May 7, 2015 / Lived History / Peter Dreier
Capitalism and Slavery Capitalism and Slavery
Each generation seems condemned to have to prove the obvious anew: slavery created the modern world, and the modern world’s divisions are the product of slavery.
May 1, 2015 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Auf Wiedersehen Günter Grass Auf Wiedersehen Günter Grass
Günter Grass not only taught us about German history, but also ourselves.
Apr 27, 2015 / Lived History / Norman Birnbaum
Remembering Günter Grass Remembering Günter Grass
Ariel Dorfman talks morality and the legacy of a literary giant
Apr 16, 2015 / Lived History / Ariel Dorfman
The Debt Owed to Eduardo Galeano The Debt Owed to Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano taught us not to be embarrassed for refusing to acclimate to the horrors of the present.
Apr 13, 2015 / Blog / Dave Zirin
The ‘Immortal’ Judith Malina, 1926–2015 The ‘Immortal’ Judith Malina, 1926–2015
The founder of the Living Theater was absolute about her principles as a pacifist anarchist, yet never dismissive or judgmental toward those who didn’t share them.
Apr 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon