The Greatest Threats to American National Security Are Guns and the Police The Greatest Threats to American National Security Are Guns and the Police
When toddler killings outpace terror killings in the United States, the biggest problem is not jihad.
Jun 23, 2015 / Tom Engelhardt
The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party The 2 Degrees of Separation Between Dylann Roof and the Republican Party
The Council of Conservative Citizens, which helped inspire Roof’s rampage, condemns the killings but says he had ‘legitimate grievances’.
Jun 22, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg
The Confederate Flag Doesn’t Commemorate the South’s ‘Lost Cause’—It’s the Symbol of a Cause Won The Confederate Flag Doesn’t Commemorate the South’s ‘Lost Cause’—It’s the Symbol of a Cause Won
The Nation’s coverage of an earlier Confederate flag controversy—from 1887—shows the real reason the flag still flies in South Carolina.
Jun 22, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
What the Fox Is Going On Between Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch’s Sons? What the Fox Is Going On Between Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch’s Sons?
Could shifts in Murdoch’s empire mean a kinder, gentler Fox News?
Jun 22, 2015 / Leslie Savan
A Confederacy of Denial A Confederacy of Denial
Guns aren't a problem in this country! Also there's no global warming.
Jun 19, 2015 / Comix Nation / Tom Tomorrow
New Documentary Series Calls Out the Militarization of US Society New Documentary Series Calls Out the Militarization of US Society
The theme of alternative foreign policy and national security possibilities is what animates an ambitious new project from our friends at Brave New Films.
Jun 19, 2015 / Peter Rothberg
June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
“Abroad this execution will be thrown in our faces for a long time to come.”
Jun 19, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Ready for Warren Becomes Ready to Fight and Backs Bernie Sanders Ready for Warren Becomes Ready to Fight and Backs Bernie Sanders
Surging in the polls, Sanders gets an important grassroots endorsement.
Jun 19, 2015 / John Nichols
The Reconstruction-Era Violence Lurking in the Southern Air The Reconstruction-Era Violence Lurking in the Southern Air
An editorial in The Nation’s first issue, 150 years ago, shows the long history leading to yesterday’s attack in Charleston, South Carolina.
Jun 19, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner
June 18, 1989: I.F. Stone Dies June 18, 1989: I.F. Stone Dies
“He combined the meat-and-potatoes moxie of a police reporter, the instinct for precision of a scholar, the question-phrasing skill of a Socrates...and the political philosophy of ...
Jun 18, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac