A Volcano of Documents A Volcano of Documents
How the discovery of police archives has altered the memory of political atrocities in Guatemala.
Feb 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Dhaka Stories Dhaka Stories
K. Anis Ahmed’s stringent tales of life in the sprawling capital of Bangladesh.
Feb 25, 2015 / Books & the Arts / André Naffis-Sahely
1975–1985: Standing in Solidarity Against Jackbooted Oppressors 1975–1985: Standing in Solidarity Against Jackbooted Oppressors
It is nonsensical that those who support free-market economic policy should pretend to reject the system of terror it requires to succeed.
Feb 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15?
What Are Nation Interns Reading the Week of 2/20/15?
Feb 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies
The Nation gave Thompson his first big break in journalism in 1965.
Feb 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15?
Feb 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
February 14, 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran Issues a Fatwa Calling for the Murder of Salman Rushdie February 14, 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran Issues a Fatwa Calling for the Murder of Salman Rushdie
In The Nation, Christopher Hitchens called the episode ”a moment of education to fix in the mind.”
Feb 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Always Already Alienated Always Already Alienated
Ben Lerner and the novel of detachment.
Feb 11, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jon Baskin
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/6/15?
Feb 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
How Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Distorts History How Rory Kennedy’s ‘Last Days in Vietnam’ Distorts History
This Oscar-nominated doc is all about well-meaning Americans—with nothing about the indiscriminate US firepower that destroyed much of the country.
Feb 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse