The Hosts of Black Labor The Hosts of Black Labor
The South must reform its attitude toward the Negro. The North must reform its attitude toward common labor.
May 9, 1923 / W.E.B. Du Bois
Shall Women Be Equal Before the Law? Shall Women Be Equal Before the Law?
The removal of all forms of the subjection of women is the purpose to which the National Woman's Party is dedicated.
Apr 12, 1922 / Elsie Hill and Florence Kelley
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
Report of Lincoln Steffens Report of Lincoln Steffens
The soviet government sprouted and grew out of the habits, the psychology, and the condition of the Russian people.
Oct 4, 1919 / Lincoln Steffens
A Spartacan Manifesto A Spartacan Manifesto
Shortly after the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, The Nation published the manifesto of the German Spartacists, a group the pair co-founded to incite a Marxist revol...
Mar 8, 1919 / Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring
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