March 9, 1933: FDR Signs the Emergency Banking Act, Launching the New Deal March 9, 1933: FDR Signs the Emergency Banking Act, Launching the New Deal
The new president, The Nation editorialized, “has so far swept everything before him with the strength and velocity of a March wind.”
Mar 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 8, 1963: The Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria March 8, 1963: The Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria
“They must learn to avoid the temptation of crushing the voices of criticism,” a writer in The Nation observed.
Mar 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 7, 1965: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama March 7, 1965: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama
A writer in California describes what it was like to watch the attack on the voting-rights marchers on television.
Mar 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Robert Reich Says Elizabeth Warren Should Challenge Hillary Clinton Robert Reich Says Elizabeth Warren Should Challenge Hillary Clinton
Former Bill Clinton cabinet member calls for “a tough primary challenger.”
Mar 6, 2015 / John Nichols
The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers The University of Tennessee Is Being Lauded as a Higher-Ed Role Model—Just Not for Its Workers
The Tennessee governor’s budget will subsidize students’ college tuition with cuts to college workers’ benefits.
Mar 6, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Obama’s Police Reforms Ignore the Most Important Cause of Police Misconduct Obama’s Police Reforms Ignore the Most Important Cause of Police Misconduct
These well-meaning changes will simply reproduce racial inequality.
Mar 6, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale
DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What? DOJ Report Confirms Racism Is Alive and Well in Ferguson. Now What?
We need decriminalization, not just data.
Mar 6, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/6/15? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/6/15?
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/6/15?
Mar 6, 2015 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation
March 6, 1986: Georgia O’Keeffe Dies March 6, 1986: Georgia O’Keeffe Dies
"Georgia O’Keeffe has never allowed her life to be one thing and her painting another," wrote a Nation journalist in 1927.
Mar 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Court: Army Must Refer to Chelsea Manning as a Woman Court: Army Must Refer to Chelsea Manning as a Woman
The military is still now allowing Manning to grow her hair like a female prisoner.
Mar 5, 2015 / George Zornick