Books and Ideas

Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future

Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future Rep. Keith Ellison—on His Faith, His Family & Our Future

The four-term congressman from Minnesota’s Fifth District is boldly following in the footsteps of Humphrey, McCarthy, Mondale and Wellstone.

Mar 10, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’ This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Resisting The Beatles’ Invasion, ‘The PR Man’s Finest Hour’

The quivering throngs of teen-aged girls, The Nation’s reviewer wrote, said much more about the susceptibility of Americans to fashionable trends than it did about the talent...

Mar 8, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dread and Wonder

Dread and Wonder Dread and Wonder

The unflinching fiction of Ludmilla Petrushevskaya.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Against the Grain

Against the Grain Against the Grain

Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire Ball of Fire

The life and unvarnished style of Barbara Stanwyck.

Mar 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The European Right—From (Jean-Marie) Le Pen to (Marine) Le Pen—and the Rise of the French Far Right

The underlying philosophy of the National Front remains almost exactly the same as it was under Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Mar 1, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel

In ‘Goliath,’ the Past Is Always Present for Palestinians

In ‘Goliath,’ the Past Is Always Present for Palestinians In ‘Goliath,’ the Past Is Always Present for Palestinians

The story of contemporary Israel as written by Max Blumenthal is not easy to read.

Feb 25, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Nadia Hijab

Whistler’s Battles

Whistler’s Battles Whistler’s Battles

Ambitious beneath his pose of indolence, James McNeill Whistler was the most contradictory of artists.

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Unthroned

Unthroned Unthroned

Are we all Westeros now?

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq

Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq Misremembering America’s Wars, From Vietnam to Iraq

The Pentagon’s whitewashed history of the Vietnam War provokes troubling questions about how the invasion of Iraq will one day be remembered.

Feb 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Nick Turse

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