Books and Ideas

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

Felix Frankfurter: Joining the League Felix Frankfurter: Joining the League

Should America join the League of Nations? The Harvard professor says the slogan "Join the League" offers too simple a solution for a complex question.

May 16, 1923 / The Nation

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

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

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