Today is FDR’s Birthday: Before the 1932 Election, ‘The Nation’ Was Not Impressed Today is FDR’s Birthday: Before the 1932 Election, ‘The Nation’ Was Not Impressed
“A new deal is needed in the world,” The Nation said, but FDR was not the man to deliver it.
Jan 30, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
What the Sharing Economy Takes What the Sharing Economy Takes
Uber and Airbnb monetize the desperation of people in the post-crisis economy while sounding generous—and evoke a fantasy of community in an atomized population.
Jan 27, 2015 / Feature / Doug Henwood
Uber and the Taxi Industry’s Last Stand Uber and the Taxi Industry’s Last Stand
What the rise of the app-based cab service says about the future of work in America
Sheldon Silver’s Arrest Brings Us Back to New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’—the 1860s Sheldon Silver’s Arrest Brings Us Back to New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’—the 1860s
Sheldon Silver and the history of “Legislative Corruption”.
Jan 23, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
‘America Is Sinking Fast’: John Leonard and Todd Gitlin on Robert Stone ‘America Is Sinking Fast’: John Leonard and Todd Gitlin on Robert Stone
“Stone may leave the country,” the late essayist wrote of the late novelist, &ldquot;but it’s America confounded that he finds wherever he goes.”
Jan 14, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
January 14, 2011: President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Flees Tunisia, Marking the First Victory of the Arab Spring January 14, 2011: President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Flees Tunisia, Marking the First Victory of the Arab Spring
In the winter of 2011, a revolution begins across the Arab world when Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali resigns following protests against government abuse and corruption....
Jan 14, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 13, 1941: James Joyce Dies January 13, 1941: James Joyce Dies
A 1917 Nation reviewer takes issue with Joyce’s “brilliant and nasty variety of pseudo-realism.”
Jan 13, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 12, 1991: Congress Votes to Send Troops to Expel Iraq From Kuwait January 12, 1991: Congress Votes to Send Troops to Expel Iraq From Kuwait
The United States had backed Saddam Hussein in Iraq’s long war with Iran, but by the time the war ended in 1988 Iraq was deeply in debt—not least to neighboring Kuwait....
Jan 12, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 11, 1928: Joseph Stalin Exiles Leon Trotsky to Siberia January 11, 1928: Joseph Stalin Exiles Leon Trotsky to Siberia
A long and bitter conflict between Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin over who would succeed Vladimir Lenin as the Soviet leader culminated on this day in 1928 when Stalin exiled Trots...
Jan 11, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 10, 1946: The General Assembly of the United Nations Convenes for the First Time January 10, 1946: The General Assembly of the United Nations Convenes for the First Time
The first UN delegates could bring “any amount and type of baggage they desire,” with one exception.
Jan 10, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac