We Need Syriza in Illinois We Need Syriza in Illinois
When a millionaire governor decrees austerity, it’s time for the left to step up.
Feb 16, 2015 / Jane McAlevey
On the Problems of Breathing in America On the Problems of Breathing in America
Raising black sons in a white country.
Feb 16, 2015 / Jane Lazarre
Why Is No One Talking About the GOP’s Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty? Why Is No One Talking About the GOP’s Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty?
Instead of writing endless dope stories about a presidential campaign in 2016 and what might happen a year from now, shouldn’t the news media be alerting people to the fight ...
Feb 16, 2015 / William Greider
The State Where Even Republicans Have a Problem With Busting Unions The State Where Even Republicans Have a Problem With Busting Unions
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is getting bipartisan pushback against his attack on labor unions.
Feb 16, 2015 / John Nichols
February 16, 1923: Archaeologist Discovers King Tut’s Sarcophagus February 16, 1923: Archaeologist Discovers King Tut’s Sarcophagus
“Prying modern eyes,” The Nation rejoiced, “shall not see the Pharaoh stripped to his dry, rattling skin.”
Feb 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 15, 1898: A Mysterious Explosion Sinks the USS ‘Maine’ in Havana Harbor February 15, 1898: A Mysterious Explosion Sinks the USS ‘Maine’ in Havana Harbor
The Nation had warned when the ship set sail that it probably wasn’t such a hot idea.
Feb 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 14, 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran Issues a Fatwa Calling for the Murder of Salman Rushdie February 14, 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran Issues a Fatwa Calling for the Murder of Salman Rushdie
In The Nation, Christopher Hitchens called the episode ”a moment of education to fix in the mind.”
Feb 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities
A new report offers the most extensive study of reproductive healthcare in a state prison system to date.
Feb 13, 2015 / Dani McClain
David Carr on Memory, Celebrity, Media and Confusion David Carr on Memory, Celebrity, Media and Confusion
One of the late columnist’s last radio interviews.
Feb 13, 2015 / Leslie Savan
How Do You Organize Workers Who Live and Sleep in Their Bosses’ Homes? How Do You Organize Workers Who Live and Sleep in Their Bosses’ Homes?
Hong Kong’s domestic workers face an uphill struggle to secure their basic rights against exploitation and abuse.
Feb 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen