The Nation - 09.23.2019

WHITEWASHING HISTORY? Are these murals degrading and triggering? An exposé of American racism? Or something else entirely? ROBIN ...

2 Attention Must Be Paid I was very pleased to see that The Nation carried a cover story in its Aug. 26/Sept. 2 issue [“Peace No ...

3 Strike! Jane McAlevey 4 Missile Mania Michael T. Klare 5 Asking for a Friend Liza Featherstone COLUMNS 6 Subject to Debate Bre ...

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8 The Nation. September 23, 2019 “outsmarted” Obama when it annexed Crimea. August 23: Trump says he was being sarcastic when he ...

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September 23, 2019 The Nation. 11 RE UT ER S Jewry feared accusations of being more loyal to other Jews—eventually represented b ...

These murals have been called degrading and triggering. Defenders say they’re an exposé of America’s racist past. Both sides mis ...

13 GW HS AL UM NI^ AS SOC IAT ION /^ TA MM Y^ A RA MIA N D onald trump’s outrageous, xenophobic, racist, and red-baiting rhetori ...

(^14) | September 23, 2019 GW HS AL UM NI^ AS SOC IAT ION /^ TA MM Y^ A RA MIA N^ ( 3 ) Unfortunately, few on either side have t ...

“I wanted not only to show Washington’s life—that was half the idea—but also to show his beauty of soul, the great- ness of his ...

(^16) | September 23, 2019 GW HS AL UM NI^ AS SOC IAT ION /^ TA MM Y^ A RA MIA N^ ( 3 ) As black migration, immigra- tion, and t ...

Black students in 1968 didn’t complain about trau- matizing im- ages. If any- thing, they wanted more violence: armed rebel- lio ...

THE WALL FLOWE DANCE In an age of policy boldness, think tanks have become timid. AT THE ...

September 23, 2019 | 19 B y now, the shape of the democratic party’s presidential primary is clear: Joe Biden remains the front- ...

20 The Nation. September 23, 2019 AP /^ P AU L^ S AN CYA “If there is a new thing coming, it’s got legs, and it’s popular, usual ...