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The Abraham Lincoln Brigades The Abraham Lincoln Brigades

Who were the brave young men who, against their country's orders, volunteered to fight fascism in Spain?

May 8, 1937 / The Nation

The Death of Will Rogers The Death of Will Rogers

Was there an American who didn't love Will Rogers whose death along with aviator Wiley Post in an Alaskan airplane crash shocks and saddens the entire country.

Aug 28, 1935 / The Editors

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

Thomas Edison: In the Driftway Thomas Edison: In the Driftway

The Drifter remembers the great inventor.

Nov 11, 1931 / The Drifter

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

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

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