Nation History

Freedom’s Song

Freedom’s Song Freedom’s Song

Over The Nation’s 150-year history, each new generation of radicals and reformers has contested the promise—and the meaning—of freedom.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Toward a Third Reconstruction

Toward a Third Reconstruction Toward a Third Reconstruction

A conversation on The Nation, race and history at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture with Eric Foner, Darryl Pinckney, Mychal Denzel Smith, Isabel Wilkerson and Pat...

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States?

1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States? 1925–1935: Is Art Possible in the United States?

There is no best country to write in. There is only the old world and the new.

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won

1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won 1965–1975: How To Tell The Rebels Have Won

Vietnam is a unique case—culturally, historically and politically. I hope that the United States will not repeat its Vietnam blunders elsewhere.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

2005–2015: This All Seems Eerily Familiar

2005–2015: This All Seems Eerily Familiar 2005–2015: This All Seems Eerily Familiar

Nation writers on disaster capitalism, Blackwater, Obama, the financial bailout, austerity, Occupy Wall Street, Trayvon Martin and Charlie Hebdo.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / The Nation

Cuba Libre

Cuba Libre Cuba Libre

Covering the island has been a central concern for The Nation since the beginning—producing scoops, aiding diplomacy, and pushing for a change in policy.

Mar 23, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter Kornbluh

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future Young ‘Nation’ Writers On Creating Our Radical Future

As The Nation looks forward to the next 150 years, we asked some contributors to StudentNation, the campus-oriented section of our site, and former Nation interns what a radical fu...

Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / The Nation

150 Years of Telling the Truth

150 Years of Telling the Truth 150 Years of Telling the Truth

Independence—one of the keys to The Nation’s longevity—has become ever more important in an age that urgently needs dissident and rebellious voices.

Mar 23, 2015 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics

March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics

The Nation supported the boycott, but not for Carter’s reasons.

Mar 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac

Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old

Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old

The Nation’s archives, Henry James wrote in our fiftieth anniversary issue, “compose the record of the general life of civilization.”

Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues

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