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Nation HistoryMarch 23, 2015
What Would Lincoln Think of Race Relations on His 100th Birthday?
The Nation’s publisher writes about “the negro problem” during the very week he helped found the NAACP.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryJune 25, 2009
The Death of Cardozo
He may have been one of the 'nine old men' of the Supreme Court, but he was a great old man.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryJune 22, 2009
The New York World: A Journal of Duality
The New York World is Pulitzer’s greatest prize.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryMay 5, 2009
WWII: The United States and the War
World War II breaks out in Europe, but The Nation (getting it wrong) says it presents no threat to the US, and we will not join the fighting.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryApril 3, 2009
Upton Sinclair Shakes Things Up
The grimy Chicago meatpacking industry was nothing compared to the sordid world of California politics.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryJuly 31, 2008
The Democratic Trough at Chicago
As they nominated FDR, Democratic conventioneers were more interested in grandstanding against prohibition than facing the nation’s economic crisis.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryMarch 25, 2008
By Bus Through the Middle West
A journey through the American heartland reveals the anger and desperation of the Great Depression.
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryMarch 4, 2008
Roosevelt to Appoint First-Ever Female Cabinet Member
“Here is a lost cause no longer lost, but come to triumphant success, and if the pioneers of that cause are looking down upon this scene, there will be rejoicing in heaven on the fourth day of March.”
Oswald Garrison Villard
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ElectionsFebruary 12, 2008
An Unconventional Convention
On Saturday, June 27, 1924, “men and women suddenly rose up after days of utterly degraded and demoralizing vaudeville performances to declaim with passion about two big subjects.”
Oswald Garrison Villard
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HistoryJune 21, 2007
The First Six Months of FDR
In just 180 days, FDR has managed to completely transform the office of the presidency.
Oswald Garrison Villard