March 1, 1961: JFK Creates the Peace Corps March 1, 1961: JFK Creates the Peace Corps
"Dedication is not enough," The Nation warned, "Eagerness is not enough, nor a warm heart."
Mar 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 28, 1993: The Feds Raid the Branch Davidian Complex in Waco, Initiating a Long Siege February 28, 1993: The Feds Raid the Branch Davidian Complex in Waco, Initiating a Long Siege
An article in The Nation shows that a little gun control could have gone a long way toward saving lives.
Feb 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Hold It Right There: Teapot Dome Belongs to the People! Hold It Right There: Teapot Dome Belongs to the People!
The government just sold off the once-controversial land. Here’s what they should have done with it instead.
Feb 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
February 27, 2008: ‘National Review’ Editor William F. Buckley Dies February 27, 2008: ‘National Review’ Editor William F. Buckley Dies
In one of the great hatchet jobs of Nation history, Robert Sherrill argued that even in the prime of his clipboard-enabled antics, Buckley was already “quite dead.”
Feb 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park
A Nation correspondent traveled to the canyon in 1893 and told readers back East what he saw.
Feb 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 25, 1956: Khrushchev Denounces the Stalinist ‘Personality Cult’ February 25, 1956: Khrushchev Denounces the Stalinist ‘Personality Cult’
The fear-besotted US was “in danger once again” The Nation warned, “of being left alone at the station as Lenin’s locomotive of history goes racing toward t...
Feb 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 24, 1946: Juan Peron Is Elected President of Argentina February 24, 1946: Juan Peron Is Elected President of Argentina
The Nation wrote about the “South American Hitler” who was “providing safe haven for a band of international bankers, munitions makers, cartel directors, and war-mongers.”
Feb 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
We Used to Convict American Torturers, So Why Not Today? We Used to Convict American Torturers, So Why Not Today?
The United States in the twenty-first century has not even attained the relatively enlightened moral standards of the war in the Philippines.
Feb 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
February 23, 1821: John Keats Dies February 23, 1821: John Keats Dies
Mark Van Doren wrote 100 years later about the poet's "plunges and dips and quivers of syntax."
Feb 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 22, 1732: George Washington Is Born February 22, 1732: George Washington Is Born
Recalling “the small and cheerful world” into which Washington was born… well, maybe if you were rich, male and white.
Feb 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac