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Islamophobia Is a Joke

Islamophobia Is a Joke Islamophobia Is a Joke

The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi hopes his mock sitcom will make us laugh our way to becoming Halal in the Family.

Apr 17, 2015 / Kristal Brent Zook

Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory

Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory Vietnam in the Battlefield of Memory

On the war’s 50th anniversary, peace activists will be challenging the Pentagon’s whitewashed history.

Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Jon Wiener

The Deep Roots of the Ukraine Crisis

The Deep Roots of the Ukraine Crisis The Deep Roots of the Ukraine Crisis

We must rethink the post–Cold War security order.

Apr 15, 2015 / Feature / Richard Sakwa

Liberalism as a Fighting Faith

Liberalism as a Fighting Faith Liberalism as a Fighting Faith

Larry Sidentop re-imagines the origins of liberalism.

Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Miller

Words for Music Perhaps

Words for Music Perhaps Words for Music Perhaps

Warm and unaffected, Philip Glass’s memoir is nothing like his music.

Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

In Nell Zink’s The Wallcreeper, biology fails to determine anything at all.

Apr 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Hannah Gold

April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison

April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison

“How can you punish a man with so compelling a consciousness of the right?”

Apr 13, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies

April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies

“To countless millions,” The Nation wrote, “he was America.”

Apr 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/9/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/9/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/9/15?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/9/15?

Apr 9, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies

‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies ‘The Nation’ and WILPF: Entwined Histories, Entwined Destinies

The League’s co-founder, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a Nation staff editor, was known in the magazine’s offices for her habit of “absently nibbling raisins a...

Apr 8, 2015 / Back Issues

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