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HistoryOctober 5, 1927

Trotzky Answers Some Questions

An interview with the Communist Party's leading Trotskyist.

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HistoryMay 16, 1923

Felix Frankfurter: Joining the League

Should America join the League of Nations? The Harvard professor says the slogan "Join the League" offers too simple a solution for a complex question.

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HistoryJune 28, 1917

Notes from the Capital: Emma Goldman

The former dressmaker now fashions herself a revolutionary.

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HistoryFebruary 10, 1916

Notes from the Capital: Louis D. Brandeis

With the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis, the Supreme Court gets its first Jewish justice.

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HistoryFebruary 3, 1916

Notes from the Capital: Jane Addams

The founder of Hull House and former beacon for progressivism struggles to define herself in contemporary America.

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HistoryJanuary 13, 1916

Henry Ford: Notes from the Capital

The man who spread the gospel of the assembly line launches a new crusade--for peace in Europe.

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HistoryNovember 17, 1887

The Haymarket Executions

A brief report on the execution of four anarchists for the Haymarket bombing of 1884.

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HistoryNovember 27, 1884

Mr. Barnum on Museums

He may have said a sucker is born every minute, but the great showman defends his museum as the real deal in a letter to the editor.

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HistorySeptember 9, 1875

Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

How Lincoln wrote his great speech--told by someone who was there.

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HistoryOctober 5, 1927

An interview with the Communist Party's leading Trotskyist.

HistoryMay 16, 1923

Should America join the League of Nations? The Harvard professor says the slogan "Join the League" offers too simple a solution for a complex question.

HistoryJune 28, 1917

The former dressmaker now fashions herself a revolutionary.

HistoryFebruary 10, 1916

With the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis, the Supreme Court gets its first Jewish justice.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

HistoryFebruary 3, 1916

The founder of Hull House and former beacon for progressivism struggles to define herself in contemporary America.

HistoryJanuary 13, 1916

The man who spread the gospel of the assembly line launches a new crusade--for peace in Europe.

HistoryNovember 17, 1887

A brief report on the execution of four anarchists for the Haymarket bombing of 1884.

HistoryNovember 27, 1884

He may have said a sucker is born every minute, but the great showman defends his museum as the real deal in a letter to the editor.

HistorySeptember 9, 1875

How Lincoln wrote his great speech--told by someone who was there.