Political Dreaming in the Twenty-First Century Political Dreaming in the Twenty-First Century
Where has it gone?
Jul 25, 2013 / Ira Chernus
FDR’s Jewish Problem FDR’s Jewish Problem
How did a president beloved by Jews come to be regarded as an anti-Semite who refused to save them from the Nazis?
Jul 17, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Laurence Zuckerman
Surveillance Blowback Surveillance Blowback
The making of the US surveillance state, 1898–2020.
Jul 16, 2013 / Alfred W. McCoy
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fourth of July and the Meaning of Patriotism This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Fourth of July and the Meaning of Patriotism
In our first issue, just after the Civil War, we wrote that in 89 years of celebrating the Fourth of July, never before did Americans have more to rejoice about on Independence Day...
Jul 4, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How the Powerful Derail Accountability: The Case of Intelligence Reform (Part II) How the Powerful Derail Accountability: The Case of Intelligence Reform (Part II)
When momentum gathered to reign in the national security state in 1976, the powers that be struck back with a distraction campaign that worked.
Jul 2, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
Rage and Ruin: On the Black Panthers Rage and Ruin: On the Black Panthers
A new history of the party is too close to its subject, and misses the human drama.
Jun 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Steve Wasserman
Dirtying White Dirtying White
Why does Benn Steil’s history of Bretton Woods distort the ideas of Harry Dexter White?
Jun 5, 2013 / Books & the Arts / James M. Boughton
Empire States: On Pankaj Mishra Empire States: On Pankaj Mishra
Why a passionate history of global alternatives to liberal capitalism becomes an exercise in nostalgia.
May 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Meaney
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
Victor Navasky’s The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and their Enduring Power
May 15, 2013 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’ The Sons of Revolution and Steerage: On ‘City of Ambition’
FDR, Fiorello La Guardia and rebuilding New York City during the New Deal.
Apr 18, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner