A Spartacan Manifesto A Spartacan Manifesto
Shortly after the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, The Nation published the manifesto of the German Spartacists, a group the pair co-founded to incite a Marxist revol...
Mar 8, 1919 / Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring
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
Henry Ford: Notes from the Capital Henry Ford: Notes from the Capital
The man who spread the gospel of the assembly line launches a new crusade--for peace in Europe.
Jan 13, 1916 / Feature / The Nation
The Outlaw German Government The Outlaw German Government
Germany's sinking of the Lusitania is nothing less than "murder on the high seas."
May 13, 1915 / Feature / The Editors
Justice for Coxey Justice for Coxey
The "general" whose "army" made a powerful stand for America's unemployed in the country's first-ever march on Washington.
Feb 13, 1913 / Feature / The Editors
Lawrence Strike and IWW: Syndicalism Lawrence Strike and IWW: Syndicalism
The IWW takes the fight for syndicalism to Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Nation is having none of it.
Mar 28, 1912 / Feature / The Editors
Mark Twain: Two Frontiersmen Mark Twain: Two Frontiersmen
This time, reports of his death weren't greatly exaggerated.
Apr 28, 1910 / Feature / The Editors
Berkman Shoots Frick Berkman Shoots Frick
Alexander Berkman may have been the trigger man, but The Nation says the blame for the shooting of Henry C. Frick falls directly on the Homestead strikers.
Jul 28, 1892 / The Editors