Gorbachev on 1989 Gorbachev on 1989
A wide-ranging Nation interview with the former Soviet president.
Oct 28, 2009 / Q&A / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued The Smearing of I.F. Stone, Continued
As alleged spy conspiracies go, the case against Izzy is thinner than Paris Hilton.
Jun 3, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Secret History of Izzy The Secret History of Izzy
I.F. Stone was not only a great reporter; he was a radical, an irritant to power.
May 13, 2009 / Feature / D.D. Guttenplan
Red Harvest: The KGB in America Red Harvest: The KGB in America
A new book on cold war espionage falsely accuses I.F. Stone of being a paid Soviet agent.
May 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / D.D. Guttenplan
V.G. Kiernan: Historian of Humankind V.G. Kiernan: Historian of Humankind
Remembering a historian of the left, an ideological warrior against empire, witness to India's anticolonial struggles and a persuasive critic of torture and government oppression.
Mar 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Trumpbour
Remembering Studs Remembering Studs
Studs Terkel's longtime publisher looks back on the historian's remarkable career.
Nov 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / André Schiffrin
Studs Studs
Remembering our national griot, the bearer of stories of people, ordinary and extraordinary.
Nov 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Victor Navasky
Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose Studs Terkel: The Power of His Prose
He was our Boswell, our Whitman, our Sandburg. He could get people to open up and share their innermost thoughts and dreams.
Nov 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Dennis Kucinich
Paul Newman Paul Newman
He was funny, he was thoughtful, he was committed and, in the end, he was a friend, period.
Oct 1, 2008 / Victor Navasky
Obama and King Obama and King
As Obama accepts his party's presidential nomination on the forty-fifth anniversary of King's most famous speech, a historian looks beyond the obvious analogies.
Aug 18, 2008 / Feature / Adele Oltman