Books and Ideas

The Great Chastening

The Great Chastening The Great Chastening

For Francis Fukuyama and John Dunn, our democratic crisis is the result of an intellectual failure.

Mar 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney

Impossible Standards

Impossible Standards Impossible Standards

The poems and a new biography of James Laughlin tells of his public success as a publisher and his private disappointments.

Mar 4, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Adam Plunkett

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/27/15?

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What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/27/15?

Feb 27, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War

The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War The Lethal Legacy of the Vietnam War

Fifty years after the first US troops came ashore at Da Nang, the Vietnamese are still coping with unexploded bombs and Agent Orange.

Feb 25, 2015 / Feature / George Black

A Volcano of Documents

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 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 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?

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Feb 20, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies

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?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/17/15?

Feb 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

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