March 9, 1933: FDR Signs the Emergency Banking Act, Launching the New Deal March 9, 1933: FDR Signs the Emergency Banking Act, Launching the New Deal
The new president, The Nation editorialized, “has so far swept everything before him with the strength and velocity of a March wind.”
Mar 9, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 8, 1963: The Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria March 8, 1963: The Ba’ath Party Seizes Power in Syria
“They must learn to avoid the temptation of crushing the voices of criticism,” a writer in The Nation observed.
Mar 8, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 7, 1965: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama March 7, 1965: ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama
A writer in California describes what it was like to watch the attack on the voting-rights marchers on television.
Mar 7, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 6, 1986: Georgia O’Keeffe Dies March 6, 1986: Georgia O’Keeffe Dies
"Georgia O’Keeffe has never allowed her life to be one thing and her painting another," wrote a Nation journalist in 1927.
Mar 6, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 5, 1871: Rosa Luxemburg Is Born March 5, 1871: Rosa Luxemburg Is Born
“No revolutionary as independent-minded as she,” Vivian Gornick once wrote in The Nation, “could fail, come the revolution, to be denounced as a counterrevolution...
Mar 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 4, 1933: Frances Perkins Becomes the First Woman in the US Cabinet March 4, 1933: Frances Perkins Becomes the First Woman in the US Cabinet
“An extraordinarily able woman of proved ability,” The Nation’s former editor, a veteran suffragist, cheered.
Mar 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 3, 1923: The First Issue of ‘Time’ Magazine Is Published March 3, 1923: The First Issue of ‘Time’ Magazine Is Published
Disgruntled former employee Dwight Macdonald took to The Nation to gripe about the mainstream magazine’s crusade against “windy bias.”
Mar 3, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 2, 1877: A Compromise Makes Rutherford B. Hayes President and Ends Reconstruction March 2, 1877: A Compromise Makes Rutherford B. Hayes President and Ends Reconstruction
The Nation thought the Electoral College “might very profitably be dispensed with,” to avoid a repeat of the election debacle.
Mar 2, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 1, 1961: JFK Creates the Peace Corps March 1, 1961: JFK Creates the Peace Corps
"Dedication is not enough," The Nation warned, "Eagerness is not enough, nor a warm heart."
Mar 1, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 28, 1993: The Feds Raid the Branch Davidian Complex in Waco, Initiating a Long Siege February 28, 1993: The Feds Raid the Branch Davidian Complex in Waco, Initiating a Long Siege
An article in The Nation shows that a little gun control could have gone a long way toward saving lives.
Feb 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac