March 25, 1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Nation, oddly, didn't take notice of the fire until a year later.
Mar 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 24, 1989: The ‘Exxon Valdez’ Spills Oil in Alaska March 24, 1989: The ‘Exxon Valdez’ Spills Oil in Alaska
“The whole corporate system of extraction and consumption that has proved so profitable and disaster-prone must be challenged,” The Nation observed.
Mar 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels When the Constitution Becomes The Last Resort of Scoundrels
We know today the Founders were not Fathers to be proud of.
Mar 23, 2015 / Feature / Simeon Strunsky and Richard Kreitner
March 23, 1983: Reagan Proposes the ‘Star Wars’ Initiative March 23, 1983: Reagan Proposes the ‘Star Wars’ Initiative
“There is only one shield against chaos,” the historian E.P. Thompson wrote in The Nation. “It is time to put it in repair.”
Mar 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 22, 1941: The Grand Coulee Dam Opens March 22, 1941: The Grand Coulee Dam Opens
“Grand Coulee is magnificent,” The Nation observed. “But don’t call it planning.”
Mar 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics
The Nation supported the boycott, but not for Carter’s reasons.
Mar 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 20, 2003: The United States Invades Iraq March 20, 2003: The United States Invades Iraq
The invasion, Jonathan Schell wrote, revealed “a naked ambition to establish hegemony over the earth.”
Mar 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 19, 1917: Congress Adopts Daylight Saving Time March 19, 1917: Congress Adopts Daylight Saving Time
The Nation published a letter opposing “this most vicious and class-discriminatory piece of legislation.”
Mar 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old Or to Put It Another Way: 100 Years Ago, We Were Already 50 Years Old
The Nation’s archives, Henry James wrote in our fiftieth anniversary issue, “compose the record of the general life of civilization.”
Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
March 18, 1871: The Paris Commune is Established March 18, 1871: The Paris Commune is Established
The Nation was appalled when “grossly ignorant” laborers and “schemers and visionaries” took over the French capital.
Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac