John F. Kennedy

Every year, a group in New Orleans gets together to celebrate the birthday of Lee Harvey Oswald, who they believe was framed.

The bullshit, the truth… and Trump.

What's still under wraps, and what it might tell us about Lee Harvey Oswald.

The war opened the credibility gap. What we’ve learned since has only widened it.

To avoid catastrophe, Kennedy turned to diplomacy. Trump would be wise to do the same.

Max Pine, 91, believes that one day “the Republicans will leap ahead of the Democrats and lead in its enactment.”

When Democrats claimed the individual mandate, Republicans lost their best idea for health-care reform.

Kennedy had his own secret back channel with Moscow. It may have kept the superpowers from going to war.

Retro Report explores decades of conspiracy theories -- from the John F. Kennedy assassination to Pizzagate -- and what they can tell us about the world today.

Historians agree on the top three. Below that, there are fascinating trends in opinion.

The 19th century recovery of John Winthrop's sermon, "A City on a Hill."

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.

The passage of Medicare and Medicaid, nearly fifty years ago, was no less contentious than recent debates about Obamacare.

How Stanley Kubrick’s film “Dr. Strangelove” exposed dangers inherent in nuclear command-and-control systems.

For many of us, especially those who weren’t alive when it happened, we’re all watching that event through Zapruder’s lens.

Lyndon Johnson and the events in Dallas.

Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.

A common US-centric narrative holds that the crisis ended when Washington stood firm against the Soviets. But that story ignores a whole continent.

The Trump administration Is borrowing from a failed cold-war era playbook.

The FBI reads James Baldwin.