India Grapples with Freedom India Grapples with Freedom
This essay, from the August 23, 1947, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on I...
The Catch The Catch
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a ratio...
Mar 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Nelson Algren
Living for the City Living for the City
There's more to the legend of Jane Jacobs than her showdown with Robert Moses.
Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp
Privacy Degree Zero Privacy Degree Zero
For all its defenders, privacy remains hard to understand.
Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Paul Duguid
A Wise Unknowingness A Wise Unknowingness
"There is such a thing as a moral atmosphere." So said Violet Gibson, the woman who shot Mussolini.
Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Brenda Wineapple
The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay
How the "Lively Arts" became "The Media."
Mar 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lewis Lapham
A Body on the Gears A Body on the Gears
At Berkeley in 1964, Mario Savio embodied the need to speak and act in the face of doubt.
Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
Dimensions of the Abyss Dimensions of the Abyss
The visual art of the Black Atlantic explores an ambivalence that exceeds double consciousness.
Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Future Governor Races in New York; A Voter Speaks Future Governor Races in New York; A Voter Speaks
Grading on the curve.
Mar 10, 2010 / Column / Calvin Trillin