150th Anniversary

July 24, 1929: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, Outlawing War, Goes Into Effect

July 24, 1929: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, Outlawing War, Goes Into Effect July 24, 1929: The Kellogg-Briand Pact, Outlawing War, Goes Into Effect

“Despite the plaudits of its friends, it of course means no more than a first step.”

Jul 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 23, 1967: Detroit Riots

July 23, 1967: Detroit Riots July 23, 1967: Detroit Riots

“The lessons were staggering, and the human suffering enormous, but perhaps the greatest blow of all was the death of a dream that Detroit was different.”

Jul 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 22, 2011: A Right-Wing Terrorist Murders 77 People in Norway

July 22, 2011: A Right-Wing Terrorist Murders 77 People in Norway July 22, 2011: A Right-Wing Terrorist Murders 77 People in Norway

“He did not come from nowhere.”

Jul 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

1970s woman worker

Is There Room for Women Workers Under Capitalism? Is There Room for Women Workers Under Capitalism?

A 1971 Nation article says no. The author is both very wrong, and very right.

Jul 21, 2015 / Bryce Covert

Fight for 15 protest

Radical Histories: A Fair Economy for All Radical Histories: A Fair Economy for All

In the last century and a half, in good economic times and in bad, The Nation has focused attention on economic injustice, exploitation and inequality.

Jul 21, 2015 / The Nation

Homeless children in New York City

How to Revive Progressive-Era Economics for the New Gilded Age How to Revive Progressive-Era Economics for the New Gilded Age

How do we fight concentrations of private corporate power? By studying how they did it last time.

Jul 21, 2015 / K. Sabeel Rahman

July 21, 1899: Ernest Hemingway is Born

July 21, 1899: Ernest Hemingway is Born July 21, 1899: Ernest Hemingway is Born

“No American writer since Walt Whitman has assumed such risks in forging a style.”

Jul 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Human Being to Walk on the Moon

July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Human Being to Walk on the Moon July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong Becomes the First Human Being to Walk on the Moon

“Much has been quite rightly said about the irony of spending billions getting to the moon while the mass of humanity at home lives in a stew of exploding population, poverty and p...

Jul 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 19, 1898: Emile Zola Flees France After Being Convicted of Libel in the Dreyfus Affair

July 19, 1898: Emile Zola Flees France After Being Convicted of Libel in the Dreyfus Affair July 19, 1898: Emile Zola Flees France After Being Convicted of Libel in the Dreyfus Affair

“The whole force of will and ferocity of temperament of the man imbedded itself upon the page.”

Jul 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

July 18, 1936: The Spanish Civil War Begins

July 18, 1936: The Spanish Civil War Begins July 18, 1936: The Spanish Civil War Begins

“Not a method of keeping out of war but the establishment of a warless world must be our goal.”

Jul 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

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