History

Hollywood Learns to Talk Hollywood Learns to Talk

Movies that talk, and pictures from a box in your living room? What is the world coming to?

Apr 8, 2009 / Feature / The Editors

The 1932 Disarmament Conference The 1932 Disarmament Conference

There could be disastrous consequences if the world powers don't come to an agreement at the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva.

Apr 8, 2009 / Column / Albert Einstein

D-Day: The Beginning of the End D-Day: The Beginning of the End

June 6, 1944: the beginning of the end for Nazi Germany.

Apr 7, 2009 / Feature / The Nation

Playing Politics With Justice Playing Politics With Justice

Gerald Ford hands Richard Nixon his get-out-of-jail free card.

Apr 7, 2009 / Feature / Jerome R. Waldie

The Pope’s Position on Birth Control The Pope’s Position on Birth Control

The founder of Planned Parenthood has a few words for the Pope on birth control.

Apr 7, 2009 / Feature / Margaret Sanger

The Rise of the New Student Left The Rise of the New Student Left

Bob Dylan probably had no idea how much the times really were a' changin'.

Apr 7, 2009 / Feature / Jack Newfield

No Soul in Beatlesville No Soul in Beatlesville

The Nation's critic fails to catch Beatlemania.

Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Alan Rinzler

Leo Frank and Bigotry in the South Leo Frank and Bigotry in the South

A Jewish man in Georgia is jailed and lynched for a crime everyone knows he didn't commit.

Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Charles P. Sweeney

Cold War: The Crime Against Russia Cold War: The Crime Against Russia

In a possible prelude to World War III, America invades Russia following World War I.

Apr 6, 2009 / The Editors

What Cuba’s Rebels Want What Cuba’s Rebels Want

Fidel Castro says his country is in desperate shape and can only be rescued by a revolutionary government.

Apr 6, 2009 / Feature / Fidel Castro

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