Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100

FEATURED Henry Kissinger, War Criminal—Still at Large at 100 We now know a great deal about the crimes he committed while in office, from helping Nixon derail the Paris Peace Talks and prolong the Vietnam War to green-lighting the invasion of Cambodia and Pinochet’s coup in Chile. But we now little about his four decades with Kissinger Associates. Greg Grandin

FROM THIS ISSUE Kissinger’s Bloody Paper Trail in Chile The secret memo in which he plotted the murder of Chilean democracy. Peter Kornbluh One Man Killed Jordan Neely—but We All Failed Him Everything about Neely’s death is a symptom of our collective rot—from the way we treat poverty as a crime to the way we treat soldiers as weapons that can be stowed. Elie Mystal The Debt Ceiling Drama Is All Stagecraft Remember: The US Treasury is obligated to make payments. The rest is optics. James K. Galbraith for The Nation In East Palestine, Norfolk Southern Hired a Company With a Long History of Ignoring Hazards Why trust a company with CTEH’s spotty record to monitor air quality at the site of the Ohio train wreck? For the railroad, it all made perfect $en$e. Jesse Marx and Nicolas Niarchos Who Was Lydia Maria Child? A new biography examines the life and times of the pioneering activist, abolitionist, and writer. Susan Cheever

Introducing: The 2023 Puffin Student Fellows The Nation is thrilled to announce our third cohort of Puffin Student Writing Fellows. Selected from a highly competitive applicant pool of entrants from coast to coast, the fellowship offers ten student journalists the opportunity to work with veteran journalists to develop skills for a meaningful career in journalism—one that goes beyond sensationalized headlines and political horserace coverage to report on the issues that matter most to young people at a moment of tectonic shifts in our political and cultural life. With the generous support of The Puffin Foundation and under the auspices of The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism, the fellowship program builds on The Nation’s longstanding dedication to educating early-career journalists. Meet our new fellows, and learn how you can support The Nation Fund’s mission and programs here! ⁣

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