A Lion in Winter A Lion in Winter
Jürgen Habermas remains an indispensable guide to the unfinished project of democratic consciousness and enlightenment.
Sep 14, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
How Did a Nuclear Warhead End Up Lying in a Ditch in Arkansas? How Did a Nuclear Warhead End Up Lying in a Ditch in Arkansas?
The documentary Command and Control shows just how horrifyingly vulnerable we are to errors involving nuclear weapons.
Sep 13, 2016 / William D. Hartung
What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton What’s the Number 1 Threat to Security? No One Is Asking Trump or Clinton
Missing from an election season dominated by spectacle and confrontation is the serious debate we desperately need to have about nuclear weapons.
Sep 13, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lessons From Donald Trump’s Biggest Hero Lessons From Donald Trump’s Biggest Hero
Step 1: Become president of your country without ever having held elective office.
Sep 13, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow
Kerry and Lavrov’s Syrian Diplomacy Shows (Once Again) the Value of Détente Kerry and Lavrov’s Syrian Diplomacy Shows (Once Again) the Value of Détente
Serious observers understand that working with Russia to ease Syria’s civil war is the only way to stop the crisis.
Sep 12, 2016 / James Carden
Affliction and Salvation Affliction and Salvation
Love was a learned art for Iris Murdoch, because it involved realizing that something other than the self is real.
Sep 9, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Becca Rothfeld
5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry 5 Corporations Now Dominate Our Privatized Intelligence Industry
This unaccountable oligarchy of spies controls the information that guides our military and civilian leaders.
Sep 8, 2016 / Tim Shorrock
For the 15 Years Since 9/11, the US Has Waged an Endless Campaign of Violence in the Middle East For the 15 Years Since 9/11, the US Has Waged an Endless Campaign of Violence in the Middle East
No one knows how many American bombs have gone off on Middle Eastern soil.
Sep 8, 2016 / Tom Engelhardt
NBC’s Farcical Commander-in-Chief Forum NBC’s Farcical Commander-in-Chief Forum
This was a big missed opportunity for the network—and for voters.
Sep 8, 2016 / James Carden
Letters From the September 26-October 3, 2016, Issue Letters From the September 26-October 3, 2016, Issue
Strength in weekness… Making herstory?… Private pain, public shame… Departure from the norm?… To The Nation, with love…
Sep 8, 2016 / Our Readers