Valentine’s Day Cards for 2015 Valentine’s Day Cards for 2015
Because nothing says "I love you" like refusing to get vaccinated.
Feb 9, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam? Why Don’t Americans Know What Really Happened in Vietnam?
Instead of confronting the truth, we scrubbed the record clean—and we’re still paying for it in Afghanistan and Iraq today.
Feb 9, 2015 / Christian Appy
Dean Smith: On the Passing of a Death Penalty Abolitionist Dean Smith: On the Passing of a Death Penalty Abolitionist
Dean Smith will be remembered for his legendary coaching career. He should also be remembered for taking unpopular stands for social justice.
Feb 9, 2015 / Dave Zirin
Working Families Party Urges Elizabeth Warren to Enter 2016 Race Working Families Party Urges Elizabeth Warren to Enter 2016 Race
Labor-allied party in New York joins national push for a Warren challenge to Hillary Clinton.
Feb 9, 2015 / John Nichols
February 9, 1737: Thomas Paine Is Born February 9, 1737: Thomas Paine Is Born
Paine was the enemy of “the tyranny of masters over slaves, of husbands over wives, of mankind over dumb beasts.”
Feb 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 8, 1915: ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Opens in Theaters February 8, 1915: ‘The Birth of a Nation’ Opens in Theaters
The Nation favored censoring the film for “arousing race hatred.”
Feb 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 7, 1964: The Beatles Arrive in the United States February 7, 1964: The Beatles Arrive in the United States
The Nation’s scathing review of the Beatles, a “derivative” act, “manna for dull minds.”
Feb 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
How the Left Failed France’s Muslims How the Left Failed France’s Muslims
When the left abdicated its outreach to marginalized communities, the Islamists moved in.
Feb 6, 2015 / Walden Bello and Foreign Policy In Focus
Brian Williams’s ‘Fog of Memory’ Meets the Fog of Media Brian Williams’s ‘Fog of Memory’ Meets the Fog of Media
Are we Swift-helicoptering the NBC anchor?
Feb 6, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Was the Saudi Government Complicit in the 9/11 Attacks? Was the Saudi Government Complicit in the 9/11 Attacks?
No—Zacarias Moussaoui’s spectacular claims are nonsense. But both the Saudi and US governments did create the monster that became Al Qaeda.
Feb 6, 2015 / Juan Cole