January 28, 1986: The Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes After Liftoff, Killing Seven Astronauts January 28, 1986: The Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes After Liftoff, Killing Seven Astronauts
What do you get when fall in love… with lucrative corporate boondoggles?
Jan 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 27, 1975: The Church Committee Opens Its Investigation of US Intelligence Agencies January 27, 1975: The Church Committee Opens Its Investigation of US Intelligence Agencies
The headline of Frank Donner’s open letter to the committee is probably the best The Nation has ever run.
Jan 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 26, 1998: President Bill Clinton Denies Having ‘Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky’ January 26, 1998: President Bill Clinton Denies Having ‘Sexual Relations With That Woman, Miss Lewinsky’
Yes, The Almanac covered the Clinton impeachment trial back on January 7. But the rules are the rules: seventeen years ago today, Bill Clinton looked America in the eyes and lied. ...
Jan 26, 2015 / The Almanac and Richard Kreitner
January 25, 1915: Alexander Graham Bell, in New York, Speaks on the Telephone With Thomas Watson, in San Francisco January 25, 1915: Alexander Graham Bell, in New York, Speaks on the Telephone With Thomas Watson, in San Francisco
A profile of Bell in The Nation that year reported that the Scot spoke with a "rattling burr that adds piquancy to whatever he says."
Jan 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 24, 1965: Winston Churchill Dies January 24, 1965: Winston Churchill Dies
Not the Winston Churchill who once served on The Nation's editorial board.
Jan 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Sheldon Silver’s Arrest Brings Us Back to New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’—the 1860s Sheldon Silver’s Arrest Brings Us Back to New York’s ‘Bad Old Days’—the 1860s
Sheldon Silver and the history of “Legislative Corruption”.
Jan 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
January 23, 1973: Nixon Announces a Peace Agreement to End the Vietnam War January 23, 1973: Nixon Announces a Peace Agreement to End the Vietnam War
The Nation had an old China hand, blacklisted in the McCarthy era, reflect on the American surrender in Vietnam.
Jan 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 22, 1973: In ‘Roe v. Wade,’ the Supreme Court Legalizes Abortion in All Fifty States January 22, 1973: In ‘Roe v. Wade,’ the Supreme Court Legalizes Abortion in All Fifty States
After the Supreme Court legalized abortion on this day in 1973, The Nation published an editorial that seems curiously averse to discussion of the actual debate.
Jan 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote
It’s time to start enforcing Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Jan 21, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
January 21, 1924: Vladimir Lenin Dies January 21, 1924: Vladimir Lenin Dies
The Nation greeted the opening act of the Russian Revolution, in March 1917, with an enthusiasm bordering on glee. But how did it eulogize Lenin when seven years later, with actual...
Jan 21, 2015 / The Almanac and Richard Kreitner