March 25, 1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Nation, oddly, didn't take notice of the fire until a year later.
Mar 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 24, 1989: The ‘Exxon Valdez’ Spills Oil in Alaska March 24, 1989: The ‘Exxon Valdez’ Spills Oil in Alaska
“The whole corporate system of extraction and consumption that has proved so profitable and disaster-prone must be challenged,” The Nation observed.
Mar 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 23, 1983: Reagan Proposes the ‘Star Wars’ Initiative March 23, 1983: Reagan Proposes the ‘Star Wars’ Initiative
“There is only one shield against chaos,” the historian E.P. Thompson wrote in The Nation. “It is time to put it in repair.”
Mar 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 22, 1941: The Grand Coulee Dam Opens March 22, 1941: The Grand Coulee Dam Opens
“Grand Coulee is magnificent,” The Nation observed. “But don’t call it planning.”
Mar 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics March 21, 1980: Carter Announces US Boycott of the Moscow Olympics
The Nation supported the boycott, but not for Carter’s reasons.
Mar 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 20, 2003: The United States Invades Iraq March 20, 2003: The United States Invades Iraq
The invasion, Jonathan Schell wrote, revealed “a naked ambition to establish hegemony over the earth.”
Mar 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 19, 1917: Congress Adopts Daylight Saving Time March 19, 1917: Congress Adopts Daylight Saving Time
The Nation published a letter opposing “this most vicious and class-discriminatory piece of legislation.”
Mar 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 18, 1871: The Paris Commune is Established March 18, 1871: The Paris Commune is Established
The Nation was appalled when “grossly ignorant” laborers and “schemers and visionaries” took over the French capital.
Mar 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 17, 1969: Golda Meir Becomes Israeli Prime Minister March 17, 1969: Golda Meir Becomes Israeli Prime Minister
In the Israeli election held forty-six years ago today, a new prime minister was chosen who possessed what The Nation’s Dan Wakefield described as “a proven ability at ...
Mar 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
March 16, 1968: The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam March 16, 1968: The My Lai Massacre in Vietnam
“The obsolete pretensions of sovereign prerogative and military necessity had better be challenged soon if life on earth is to survive,” Richard Falk wrote in The Nation.
Mar 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac