The State Where Even Republicans Have a Problem With Busting Unions The State Where Even Republicans Have a Problem With Busting Unions
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner is getting bipartisan pushback against his attack on labor unions.
Feb 16, 2015 / John Nichols
February 16, 1923: Archaeologist Discovers King Tut’s Sarcophagus February 16, 1923: Archaeologist Discovers King Tut’s Sarcophagus
“Prying modern eyes,” The Nation rejoiced, “shall not see the Pharaoh stripped to his dry, rattling skin.”
Feb 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 15, 1898: A Mysterious Explosion Sinks the USS ‘Maine’ in Havana Harbor February 15, 1898: A Mysterious Explosion Sinks the USS ‘Maine’ in Havana Harbor
The Nation had warned when the ship set sail that it probably wasn’t such a hot idea.
Feb 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 14, 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran Issues a Fatwa Calling for the Murder of Salman Rushdie February 14, 1989: Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran Issues a Fatwa Calling for the Murder of Salman Rushdie
In The Nation, Christopher Hitchens called the episode ”a moment of education to fix in the mind.”
Feb 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities Women in New York State Prisons Don’t Have Enough Sanitary Pads, Not to Mention Other Daily Indignities
A new report offers the most extensive study of reproductive healthcare in a state prison system to date.
Feb 13, 2015 / Dani McClain
David Carr on Memory, Celebrity, Media and Confusion David Carr on Memory, Celebrity, Media and Confusion
One of the late columnist’s last radio interviews.
Feb 13, 2015 / Leslie Savan
How Do You Organize Workers Who Live and Sleep in Their Bosses’ Homes? How Do You Organize Workers Who Live and Sleep in Their Bosses’ Homes?
Hong Kong’s domestic workers face an uphill struggle to secure their basic rights against exploitation and abuse.
Feb 13, 2015 / Michelle Chen
Remembering Bob Simon Remembering Bob Simon
Longtime CBS News correspondent Bob Simon died in a car accident at 73.
Feb 13, 2015 / Betty Medsger
Did the GOP Just Give Away $130 Billion of Public Property? Did the GOP Just Give Away $130 Billion of Public Property?
A giant Anglo-Australian mining company is getting the rights to a huge copper reserve—and we don’t know what American taxpayers are getting in return.
Feb 13, 2015 / Rep. Alan Grayson
Democrats Need an Elizabeth Warren for Foreign Policy Democrats Need an Elizabeth Warren for Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton is already adopting a more aggressive foreign policy posture. Can it be challenged?
Feb 13, 2015 / George Zornick