Books and Ideas

How the Horrors of World War II Lived On

How the Horrors of World War II Lived On How the Horrors of World War II Lived On

Tens of millions were murdered or expelled from their homes in a whirlwind of ethnic cleansing.

May 5, 2015 / David Nasaw

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/4/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/4/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/4/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/4/15?

May 4, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Capitalism and Slavery

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 / Greg Grandin

His Own Çukurova

His Own Çukurova His Own Çukurova

Orhan Pamuk might be Turkey’s most-talked-about author, but Yaşar Kemal remains its most loved.

Apr 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Piotr Zalewski

Notes on Kampf

Notes on Kampf Notes on Kampf

Is the well-being of the cultural middle class the key to American creativity?

Apr 29, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eugenia Williamson

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/26/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/26/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/26/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/26/15?

Apr 24, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866 Solar Power Is on the Rise? We Suggested Harnessing the Sun’s Heat Back in 1866

We look back to the time when a science columnist wrote up one possible replacement for "the fossil fuel which is now so important an element in the existing order of human society...

Apr 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

The Old Consciousness

The Old Consciousness The Old Consciousness

Hilary Mantel and Penelope Fitzgerald have saved historical fiction from a middlebrow wasteland.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Leo Robson

In Our Orbit: Vigilance

In Our Orbit: Vigilance In Our Orbit: Vigilance

In Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom, the Underground Railroad is a network of dignity and defiance.

Apr 22, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/21/15?

Apr 21, 2015 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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