Tony Kushner, Eve Ensler, Bill McKibben, and Calvin Trillin Join Katrina vanden Heuvel for a Stunning Tribute to the 150th Anniversary of ‘The Nation’ Tony Kushner, Eve Ensler, Bill McKibben, and Calvin Trillin Join Katrina vanden Heuvel for a Stunning Tribute to the 150th Anniversary of ‘The Nation’
Watch the sold-out show at St. Ann’s Warehouse, recorded on October 24, 2015.
Dec 17, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / The Nation
December 17, 1938: Otto Hahn Discovers Nuclear Fission, the Basis for the Atom Bomb December 17, 1938: Otto Hahn Discovers Nuclear Fission, the Basis for the Atom Bomb
“The remarkable work of atomic scientists is benefiting mankind in a thousand ways, and the inspiring fact is that this work has only begun.”
Dec 17, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 16, 1901: Margaret Mead Is Born December 16, 1901: Margaret Mead Is Born
“The Samoan girl leads a busy, unconscious existence in which impulse and duty appear to play pleasantly correlative roles.”
Dec 16, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 15, 2011: Christopher Hitchens Dies December 15, 2011: Christopher Hitchens Dies
“Posterity is unlikely to deal kindly with his willingness to be a singer in the camp of George W. Bush.”
Dec 15, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 14, 2012: Shooter Kills 26, Most of Them Children, at Sandy Hook Elementary December 14, 2012: Shooter Kills 26, Most of Them Children, at Sandy Hook Elementary
“Whatever the solutions, the problem is clear—and that should be more than enough reason for change.”
Dec 14, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 13, 2003: Saddam Hussein Is Captured December 13, 2003: Saddam Hussein Is Captured
“Neither the overthrow of the Baathist regime nor Saddam’s capture can erase the fact that Washington helped prop up Saddam for years.”
Dec 13, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 12, 2000: In ‘Bush v. Gore,’ the Supreme Court Gives the Presidential Election to George W. Bush December 12, 2000: In ‘Bush v. Gore,’ the Supreme Court Gives the Presidential Election to George W. Bush
“Power is a mighty temptation. Money is another. Put the two together, and you have a force to reckon with.”
Dec 12, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 11, 1981: The Salvadoran Army Murders More Than 800 Civilians in El Mozote December 11, 1981: The Salvadoran Army Murders More Than 800 Civilians in El Mozote
“President Reagan certified to Congress that the government of El Salvador was making ‘a concerted and significant effort’ to respect human rights.”
Dec 11, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 10, 1905: President Theodore Roosevelt Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1905: President Theodore Roosevelt Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
“The prize will, we trust, modify his own conventional ideas about the necessity of being armed to the teeth.”
Dec 10, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner
December 9, 1958: The John Birch Society Is Founded December 9, 1958: The John Birch Society Is Founded
“Together with other ‘know nothing’ organizations scattered through the country, it represents a basic, continuing phenomenon in American society.”
Dec 9, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner