April 24, 1916: The Easter Rebellion Begins in Ireland April 24, 1916: The Easter Rebellion Begins in Ireland
“That the recent outbreak was so inept as to be almost idiotic must be evident to the minds of all but the Irishmen who took part in it.”
Apr 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 23, 1564: William Shakespeare Is Born April 23, 1564: William Shakespeare Is Born
"Art is artifice," a Nation critic once wrote in an essay on Shakespeare. "But the artifices owes its meaning to the fact that it has, here and there, its pertinence...
Apr 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 22, 1970: Earth Day Is Celebrated For the First Time April 22, 1970: Earth Day Is Celebrated For the First Time
“It is an operation—however well meaning, however many good people involved—that is, at its core, a shuck.”
Apr 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 21, 1838: John Muir Is Born April 21, 1838: John Muir Is Born
“It is a miracle of literature, this rapture maintained at so high a pitch over so long a time.”
Apr 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born April 20, 1889: Adolf Hitler, Letter-Writer to ‘The Nation’, Is Born
Notoriously prickly about his press, Hitler wrote in to complain about a minor factual discrepancy.
Apr 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy? April 19, 1995: The Oklahoma City Bombing, a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?
"The Oklahoma City bombers were goaded to action not just by their private mad impulses but by a broader political culture."
Apr 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Becomes the First Woman of Color to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction April 18, 1983: Alice Walker Becomes the First Woman of Color to Win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
“By infusing the black experience into the Southern novel, she enriches both it and us.”
Apr 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs April 17, 1961: US-Backed Guerrillas Invade Cuba via the Bay of Pigs
“If they fail,” The Nation warned many months in advance, “the United States will lose face in an almost irreparable way.”
Apr 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 16, 2007: 32 Students Murdered at Virginia Tech April 16, 2007: 32 Students Murdered at Virginia Tech
"The demand the Virginia Tech massacre places on the school, on Virginia, on all of us, is simple: Only connect."
Apr 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
April 15, 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood Inundates New Orleans and the Delta April 15, 1927: The Great Mississippi River Flood Inundates New Orleans and the Delta
The Nation's coverage of the flood reveals some unnerving parallels with Hurricane Katrina, eight decades later.
Apr 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac