The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 1 The Nation’s Summer-Reading List: Part 1
What’s on their lists? Eastern European history, new fiction, a biography of James Joyce, and more.
Jun 6, 2016 / The Nation
How Poems Think How Poems Think
The power of lyric poetry lies in negation, not self-assertion.
Jun 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
5 Books: University Press Books That Tackle Capitalism From Every Angle 5 Books: University Press Books That Tackle Capitalism From Every Angle
The best books for understanding our modern crises.
Jun 3, 2016 / Julia Ott
Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated? Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?
In Engines of Liberty, David Cole trains a light on civil society as a more reliable agent of constitutional change.
Jun 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
Time Servers Time Servers
A vision of time travel gets trapped in the media of our time.
Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Ava Kofman
‘The Nation’ Has a New President! ‘The Nation’ Has a New President!
Erin O’Mara has a proven ability to balance financial concerns with the mission-based priorities that define our magazine.
Jun 2, 2016 / Press Room
Stuck in ‘Ghetto’ Stuck in ‘Ghetto’
In his new book, Mitchell Duneier explains why there is nothing natural about a ghetto.
Jun 2, 2016 / Books & the Arts / E. Tammy Kim
It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg It Has Been 63 Years Since the US Executed Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
A new book reveals how the government struggled to sell the Rosenbergs’ murder to a skeptical world
Jun 1, 2016 / Miriam Schneir
Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off
In his new memoir, the former director of the NSA and the CIA shows how his many failures were followed, one after the next, by promotions.
Jun 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Bamford
This Campaign Is So Confusing This Campaign Is So Confusing
Notes from the road to the White House.
Jun 1, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow