![Anti-War Protesters in Congress](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/codepink_protest_islamic-state-hearing_ap_img.jpg)
What Can Today’s Peace Movement Learn From Vietnam? What Can Today’s Peace Movement Learn From Vietnam?
The best way to protect American lives is to refuse to take sides in someone else’s civil war.
Feb 2, 2016 / Ira Chernus
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The Repeating Barrio The Repeating Barrio
The 2014 film Canción de Barrio tells a dark story about those who are being left out of the promises of liberty and prosperity in the new Cuba.
Feb 1, 2016 / Sujatha Fernandes
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What’s Life Like in America’s First City With a Muslim-Majority City Council? What’s Life Like in America’s First City With a Muslim-Majority City Council?
While the media highlight “conflict,” residents say there’s not much ethnic tension worth mentioning.
Feb 1, 2016 / Tom Perkins
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Why I’m Ready for More Slavery Films Why I’m Ready for More Slavery Films
As politicians and pundits dismiss slavery as ancient history, we need more movies forcing us to confront its reality.
Jan 29, 2016 / Mychal Denzel Smith
![Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/anna_deveare_smith_ap_img.jpg)
Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore Anna Deavere Smith: Report From Baltimore
Dramatizing the school-to-prison pipeline—and organizing theater audiences in the process.
Jan 29, 2016 / Jon Wiener
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Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump Start Making Sense: Frank Rich on How the GOP Is Learning to Live With Donald Trump
Plus Bill McKibben on climate change, and Anna Deavere Smith on Baltimore.
Jan 28, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
![The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/david_koch_prosperity_summit_ap_img.jpg)
The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics The Koch Brothers Have Radically Changed American Politics
A new book exposes the hidden campaign to mainstream their libertarian agenda.
Jan 28, 2016 / Column / Eric Alterman
![Puzzle No. 3388](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/grid3388.jpg)
Puzzle No. 3388 Puzzle No. 3388
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 “High and low openings on either side of zoo!” I rant in a random way (like this entry) (10) 6 At first, detective…
Jan 28, 2016 / Crossword / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
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The Origins of Blood Libel The Origins of Blood Libel
E.M. Rose reconsiders where the anti-Semitic slur came from, and how it stuck around.
Jan 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Madeleine Schwartz
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J.M. Coetzee’s Facts of Life J.M. Coetzee’s Facts of Life
For the South African author, the selves we write and read may be truer than any other.
Jan 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld