April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Becomes the First Woman of Color to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Becomes the First Woman of Color to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
“By infusing the black experience into the Southern novel, she enriches both it and us.”
Apr 18, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs
“If they fail,” The Nation warned many months in advance, “the United States will lose face in an almost irreparable way.”
Apr 17, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 16, 2007: 32 Students Murdered at Virginia Tech April 16, 2007: 32 Students Murdered at Virginia Tech
"The demand the Virginia Tech massacre places on the school, on Virginia, on all of us, is simple: Only connect."
Apr 16, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 15, 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood Inundates New Orleans and the Delta April 15, 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood Inundates New Orleans and the Delta
The Nation's coverage of the flood reveals some unnerving parallels with Hurricane Katrina, eight decades later.
Apr 15, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 14, 1939: John Steinbeck Publishes ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ April 14, 1939: John Steinbeck Publishes ‘The Grapes of Wrath’
"The chapters in which Steinbeck halts the story to editorialize about American life are sometimes useful, but oftener pretentious and flatulent."
Apr 14, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison April 13, 1919: Eugene V. Debs Is Sent to Prison
“How can you punish a man with so compelling a consciousness of the right?”
Apr 13, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies April 12, 1945: President Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
“To countless millions,” The Nation wrote, “he was America.”
Apr 12, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann’s Trial Begins in Jerusalem April 11, 1961: Adolf Eichmann’s Trial Begins in Jerusalem
“Staggeringly monstrous as Eichmann’s actions have been, there were causes for those actions and they can be comprehended.”
Apr 11, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 10, 1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Is Founded April 10, 1866: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Is Founded
Utilitarian arguments for animal rights in The Nation from the year the ASPCA was founded.
Apr 10, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 9, 1992: Manuel Noriega Is Convicted in a US Court April 9, 1992: Manuel Noriega Is Convicted in a US Court
“Should he spend the rest of his days in prison, justice will, in a sense, have been served. It should, however, have been left up to the Panamanians to make that decision.&r...
Apr 9, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac