The Fall of Joe Louis The Fall of Joe Louis

James T. Farrell watches as the Brown Bomber becomes the Brown Bombed at the hands of Max Schmeling.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / James T. Farrell

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud

The pioneering psychoanalyst suffered so greatly in his last years that his death comes as a great relief to his friends

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Karl Menninger

Slide Show: The Nation’s Presidents Slide Show: The Nation’s Presidents

Jun 25, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

One View of Eisenhower One View of Eisenhower

Ike takes a drive down the middle of the road.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Joseph C. Harsch

General Douglas MacArthur General Douglas MacArthur

Roger Baldwin, who spent three months working under MacArthur in Japan after World War II, remembers the general fondly.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Roger Baldwin

Portrait of Truman Portrait of Truman

The mysterious Missourian who has just stepped into some very big shoes.

Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Margaret Marshall

Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon Touring Empire’s Ruins: From Detroit to the Amazon

The empire ends with a pullout. Not from Iraq, but from Detroit.

Jun 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin

The New York World: A Journal of Duality The New York World: A Journal of Duality

The New York World is Pulitzer's greatest prize.

Jun 22, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard

Buffalo Bill Buffalo Bill

He was to the British what Jerry Lewis is to the French--much to the amusement of The Nation.

Jun 22, 2009 / The Editors

I’d Prefer Bill Douglas I’d Prefer Bill Douglas

He won't be the next president of the United States--but Fred Rodell says he ought to be.

Jun 18, 2009 / Feature / Fred Rodell