5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration 5 Books You Need to Understand the Origins of Incarceration
Elizabeth Hinton’s celebrated new book, From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime (Harvard, 2016) comes at an electric political moment. “I hope,” says Hinton, “that my research…
Nov 8, 2016 / Elizabeth Hinton
Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest Meet the Winners of the ‘Nation’ Student Writing Contest
Join us in congratulating Leehi Yona of Montreal, Canada, and Claire Devine of Tigard, Oregon, the winners of The Nation’s 10th Student Writing Contest! More than 650 submissions p…
Nov 7, 2016 / StudentNation / The Nation
Did Medieval Muslims Invent Modern Secularism? Did Medieval Muslims Invent Modern Secularism?
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was embraced by many Western intellectuals as an aid to their own secularization.
Nov 7, 2016 / Juan Cole
Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters Why Bill Weld’s Political Heresy Matters
The Libertarian Party’s veep nominee has been making the case for Clinton—and reading George Orwell.
Nov 4, 2016 / John Nichols
Utopia? Forget About It. Time for ‘Untopia.’ Utopia? Forget About It. Time for ‘Untopia.’
Striving for the perfect society has been the cause of great misery. We should embrace our imperfections.
Nov 4, 2016 / Walter Mosley
The Essential Ferrante The Essential Ferrante
How the Italian novelist’s demand to remain anonymous reveals her true identity.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
Zadie Smith’s Liberal Imagination Zadie Smith’s Liberal Imagination
Once reveling in the hopes and possibilities of a multicultural society, her fiction now has taken on a more despairing outlook.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Adam Kirsch
Cosmopolitan Pop Cosmopolitan Pop
DJ /rupture and MIA capture the new global spirit of pop music.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
Freud’s Discontents Freud’s Discontents
Why did one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers fade from significance?
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Baby Hamlet Baby Hamlet
Ian McEwan’s latest novel returns to a recurring theme—the breakup of the modern family.
Nov 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Biggs