How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire How the Spanish-American War Helped Lay the Groundwork for American Empire
Stephen Kinzer's new history captures how the United States has long been a country guided by both imperialist and isolationist instincts.
Jan 31, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
1989 Was the Year That Brought Us Trump 1989 Was the Year That Brought Us Trump
In present-day Washington, no one can deny that the chickens have come home to roost.
Jan 30, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Alan Sagner, a Loyal and Active Friend of ‘The Nation’ Alan Sagner, a Loyal and Active Friend of ‘The Nation’
He gave the magazine financial and moral support as well as the benefit of his wise counsel.
Jan 30, 2018 / Victor Navasky
Trusty Republicans Unearth Deep-State Conspiracy Trusty Republicans Unearth Deep-State Conspiracy
Take that, FBI!
Jan 30, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
A Bell With a Distant Ring A Bell With a Distant Ring
There is much to learn from Yasunari Kawabata’s final novel, even as—especially as—it gives rise to more questions than answers.
Jan 29, 2018 / Larissa Pham
VIDEO: Ursula K. Le Guin on Listening to the Unheard Voices VIDEO: Ursula K. Le Guin on Listening to the Unheard Voices
The late author on climate change, the definition of progress, and how “the future in science fiction is just a metaphor for now.”
Jan 26, 2018 / The Nation
Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue Letters From the February 12-19, 2018, Issue
Red Famine revisited… Faith in community…
Jan 25, 2018 / Our Readers
What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution? What Causes Some Cities to Become Sites of Revolution?
To understand the American and French revolutions, one must look not simply at their origins in the wider world but also at how particular environments could become crucibles of in...
Jan 25, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David A. Bell
One Year On, Trump Coverage Achieves Complete Closed Loop One Year On, Trump Coverage Achieves Complete Closed Loop
Some hot, fresh takes from the same old faces.
Jan 24, 2018 / Tom Tomorrow
‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin ‘I Came With a Calling’: Remembering Ursula K. Le Guin
The writer died this week, at 88.
Jan 24, 2018 / Zoë Carpenter