Death of Valentino and Yellow Journalism Death of Valentino and Yellow Journalism
If not for the body laid out in the funeral home, one might have thought that the final illness and death of Rudolph Valentino was one great publicity stunt.
Sep 8, 1926 / Feature / The Editors
Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Ederle
Here's one example of what can happen when women are freed from their corsets.
Aug 18, 1926 / Feature / The Editors
Felix Frankfurter: Joining the League 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.
May 16, 1923 / Letters / The Nation
Jack Dempsey: In the Driftway Jack Dempsey: In the Driftway
The Drifter has some thoughts on the great fighter in the ring who was nowhere to be found when the call went out for soldiers to fight in the World War.
Feb 7, 1920 / Feature / The Drifter
Notes from the Capital: Emma Goldman Notes from the Capital: Emma Goldman
The former dressmaker now fashions herself a revolutionary.
Jun 28, 1917 / Feature / The Nation
Notes from the Capital: Louis D. Brandeis Notes from the Capital: Louis D. Brandeis
With the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis, the Supreme Court gets its first Jewish justice.
Feb 10, 1916 / Feature / The Nation
Notes from the Capital: Jane Addams Notes from the Capital: Jane Addams
The founder of Hull House and former beacon for progressivism struggles to define herself in contemporary America.
Feb 3, 1916 / Feature / The Nation
Henry Ford: Notes from the Capital Henry Ford: Notes from the Capital
The man who spread the gospel of the assembly line launches a new crusade--for peace in Europe.
Jan 13, 1916 / Feature / The Nation
The Outlaw German Government The Outlaw German Government
Germany's sinking of the Lusitania is nothing less than "murder on the high seas."
May 13, 1915 / Feature / The Editors
Justice for Coxey Justice for Coxey
The "general" whose "army" made a powerful stand for America's unemployed in the country's first-ever march on Washington.
Feb 13, 1913 / Feature / The Editors