June 16, 1938: Joyce Carol Oates Is Born June 16, 1938: Joyce Carol Oates Is Born
"Oates believes strongly in the authority of the individual’s experience of reality."
Jun 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
How to Defend the Indefensible How to Defend the Indefensible
The issue isn't police misconduct—the issue is rap music and baggy pants!
Jun 16, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over One Thousand June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over One Thousand
"The tragedy strain[s] the compassion of the mere reader to the point of numbness."
Jun 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 14, 1940: German Troops Occupy Paris June 14, 1940: German Troops Occupy Paris
The Nation had long urged American intervention in the European war against fascism and responded to the Nazi occupation of Paris with a call to arms: an editorial by editor and pu…
Jun 12, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Gwangju Uprising and American Hypocrisy: One Reporter’s Quest for Truth and Justice in Korea The Gwangju Uprising and American Hypocrisy: One Reporter’s Quest for Truth and Justice in Korea
A personal story from a longtime Nation writer.
Jun 5, 2015 / Tim Shorrock
Even Reality TV Is Pitting Struggling Americans Against Each Other Even Reality TV Is Pitting Struggling Americans Against Each Other
CBS’s The Briefcase does a disservice to America’s working families by billing their suffering as primetime entertainment.
Jun 3, 2015 / Chelsea Kiene
Why Science Fiction Is a Fabulous Tool in the Fight for Social Justice Why Science Fiction Is a Fabulous Tool in the Fight for Social Justice
With their anthology Octavia’s Brood, Adrienne Brown and Walidah Imarisha evoke a world of radical possibility.
Jun 2, 2015 / Laura Flanders
Martin O’Malley Announces Martin O’Malley Announces
So Martin O’Malley will no longer dally. He says he will sally right into that valley Where Hillary Clinton assuredly strides. Emboldened, O’Malley believes he can rally Enough troops to tally a winning finale And vanquish Ms. Clinton—and Bernie besides.
Jun 2, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Delmore’s Way Delmore’s Way
How the stormy eloquence of Delmore Schwartz made possible the glittering prose of Saul Bellow.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Vivian Gornick
An Experimental Life An Experimental Life
Sonia Delaunay breathed art like others lived alcohol or crime.
Jun 2, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky