February 13, 1990: Agreement Is Reached on a Plan to Reunify Germany February 13, 1990: Agreement Is Reached on a Plan to Reunify Germany
The new Germany, The Nation said, ought not to become yet another “bully on the block.”
Feb 13, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 12, 1924: George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Premieres in New York February 12, 1924: George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Premieres in New York
It was “a new chapter to our musical history,” The Nation’s reviewer averred.
Feb 12, 2015 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
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 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect From ‘Victim’ to ‘Threat’: James Baldwin and the Demands of Self-Respect
Baldwin yielded to nobody in his quest to weed racism out of the American garden—root and branch.
Feb 10, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Mychal Denzel Smith
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 / The Almanac / 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 / The Almanac / 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 / The Almanac / 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 / The Almanac / 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 / The Almanac / 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 / The Almanac / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac