Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge
That Silent Cal's political success was largely the product of GOP mythmaking was hardly a secret, but in the Roaring Twenties hardly anyone cared.
Jan 18, 1933 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard
Mahatma Gandhi Meets Romain Rolland Mahatma Gandhi Meets Romain Rolland
A visit with the 'king of India.'
Feb 10, 1932 / Feature / The Nation
Trotzky Answers Some Questions Trotzky Answers Some Questions
An interview with the Communist Party's leading Trotskyist.
Oct 5, 1927 / Feature / The Nation
Massachusetts the Murderer Massachusetts the Murderer
The state of Massachusetts committed murder when it put Sacco and Vanzetti to death, and the whole world knows it.
Aug 31, 1927 / Feature / The Editors
Death of Valentino and Yellow Journalism Death of Valentino and Yellow Journalism
If not for the body laid out in the funeral home, one might have thought that the final illness and death of Rudolph Valentino was one great publicity stunt.
Sep 8, 1926 / Feature / The Editors
Gertrude Ederle Gertrude Ederle
Here's one example of what can happen when women are freed from their corsets.
Aug 18, 1926 / Feature / The Editors
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
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