January 9, 1960: Construction Begins on the Aswan Dam in Egypt January 9, 1960: Construction Begins on the Aswan Dam in Egypt
The Aswan Dam was a crucial construction project for Egypt after the 1952 revolution. President Gamal Abdel Nasser was looking to elevate Egypt as the leader of a pan-Arab unity mo...
Jan 9, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born January 8, 1867: Emily Balch, Nation Staffer and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Is Born
The Nation has had many Nobel Prize winners contribute to our pages over the years. But we have had only one staff member who went on to win the Prize.
Jan 8, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 7, 1999: The Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton Begins January 7, 1999: The Impeachment Trial of Bill Clinton Begins
In The Nation Jonathan Schell laid to rest any comparisons between Clinton’s crimes, such as they were, and those of Richard Nixon.
Jan 7, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas. We’ll Need an Economic Program to Make #BlackLivesMatter. Here Are Three Ideas.
In a country that has always used race to justify inequality, ending police brutality is just the start.
Jan 7, 2015 / Feature / Jesse A. Myerson and Mychal Denzel Smith
January 6, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt Dies January 6, 1919: Theodore Roosevelt Dies
Previously critical of the former president’s “half-baked Rooseveltian socialism,” by the time of his death The Nation had swung to the left. We saw TR as “...
Jan 6, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
150 Years of ‘The Nation’ in the World 150 Years of ‘The Nation’ in the World
Watch the remarks of Katrina vanden Heuvel, Stephen F. Cohen, Calvin Trillin, Greg Grandin, Juan Cole and Sara Alpern at the first event marking The Nation’s 150th anniversar...
Jan 5, 2015 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
January 5, 1968: the Prague Spring Begins January 5, 1968: the Prague Spring Begins
What would later become known as the Prague Spring began with the ascension, on this day in 1968, of the reformist Alexander Dubček to the post of first secretary of the Communist ...
Jan 5, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 2, 1920: Anti-Radical Raids Across the Country, the First Red Scare January 2, 1920: Anti-Radical Raids Across the Country, the First Red Scare
After World War I, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer led a campaign to arrest, imprison and deport thousands of supposedly subversive political radicals. Almost 1,000 people were...
Jan 2, 2015 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Introducing ‘The Almanac’: This Day in ‘Nation’ History Introducing ‘The Almanac’: This Day in ‘Nation’ History
Andrew Johnson’s and Bill Clinton’s impeachment trials; obituaries for Theodore Roosevelt, Vladimir Lenin and Winston Churchill; the beginnings of the Prague Spring and...
Dec 23, 2014 / From the Archive / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Détente With Cuba: Just About Freaking Time Détente With Cuba: Just About Freaking Time
The history of US-Cuban relations in the last fifty-five years is the history of the loss of American prestige.
Dec 17, 2014 / Back Issues / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues