February 11, 1916: Emma Goldman Is Arrested for Distributing Information About Birth Control February 11, 1916: Emma Goldman Is Arrested for Distributing Information About Birth Control
100 years ago, The Nation ran a profile of “Emma Goldman, prophetess of anarchy.”
Feb 11, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 10, 1962: Roy Lichtenstein Exhibits ‘Look, Mickey!’ February 10, 1962: Roy Lichtenstein Exhibits ‘Look, Mickey!’
Pop Art as an insult to the intelligence.
Feb 10, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
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
February 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is Born February 6, 1911: Ronald Reagan is Born
A brief history of the “third-rate student at a fifth-rate college.”
Feb 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt Proposes to ‘Pack’ the Supreme Court February 5, 1937: President Franklin Roosevelt Proposes to ‘Pack’ the Supreme Court
The so-called “court-packing” scheme was endorsed heartily by The Nation—unsurprisingly, as the plan was first floated in its pages four years earlier.
Feb 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 4, 1899: Fighting Erupts Between the Philippines and the United States February 4, 1899: Fighting Erupts Between the Philippines and the United States
Somehow, The Nation lamented, “we got hold of the notion that it would be a good thing to annex 1,200 islands at the other end of the world.”
Feb 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 3, 1924: Woodrow Wilson Dies February 3, 1924: Woodrow Wilson Dies
“Woodrow Wilson came into the political life of America as if in response to prayer,” wrote The Nation’s Oswald Garrison Villard. “Aspiring to the stars he ...
Feb 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 2, 1943: The Soviets Accept Germany’s Surrender in the Battle of Stalingrad February 2, 1943: The Soviets Accept Germany’s Surrender in the Battle of Stalingrad
“Bankers, conservative columnists, and other respectable people” were happy to see a million Russians die to keep open an Eastern front, The Nation noted, but became a ...
Feb 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac