John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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.

Special Group and PFIAB meeting minutes provide dramatic view of CIA operations.

The health secretary’s clearest plans for psychiatric treatment are a retreat to the past.

On the ongoing battle to desegregate schools across America throughout the 1960s.

USAID started in the 1960s as a way to offset the spread of communism. Since then, it has had various other soft-power benefits for the US.

The president is right to release the Kennedy files.

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination.

Musk and Trump are capitalizing on decades of confusion and broken promises to lay waste to a crucial agency.