June 22, 1944: FDR Signs the GI Bill June 22, 1944: FDR Signs the GI Bill
We like to remember the GI Bill of Rights as non-partisan, but we forget the fierce opposition the bill faced from segregationist Southern Democrats.
Jun 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
The Confederate Flag Doesn’t Commemorate the South’s ‘Lost Cause’—It’s the Symbol of a Cause Won The Confederate Flag Doesn’t Commemorate the South’s ‘Lost Cause’—It’s the Symbol of a Cause Won
The Nation’s coverage of an earlier Confederate flag controversy—from 1887—shows the real reason the flag still flies in South Carolina.
Jun 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 21, 1964: Civil-Rights Workers Are Abducted and Murdered in Mississippi June 21, 1964: Civil-Rights Workers Are Abducted and Murdered in Mississippi
“In Mississippi today, an ever present danger to a civil rights worker is that he will be detained by the local police on a traffic charge and released, directly or indirectly, to ...
Jun 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets Foreign Interference June 20, 1900: The Boxer Rebellion Begins in China, Targets Foreign Interference
"The revolt is one against modern ideas and methods, whether imposed from without or advocated from within."
Jun 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Are Executed
“Abroad this execution will be thrown in our faces for a long time to come.”
Jun 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
The Reconstruction-Era Violence Lurking in the Southern Air The Reconstruction-Era Violence Lurking in the Southern Air
An editorial in The Nation’s first issue, 150 years ago, shows the long history leading to yesterday’s attack in Charleston, South Carolina.
Jun 19, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 18, 1989: I.F. Stone Dies June 18, 1989: I.F. Stone Dies
“He combined the meat-and-potatoes moxie of a police reporter, the instinct for precision of a scholar, the question-phrasing skill of a Socrates...and the political philosophy of ...
Jun 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 17, 1972: The Watergate Scandal Begins, as Nixon Campaign Associates Are Caught Breaking Into Democratic Headquarters June 17, 1972: The Watergate Scandal Begins, as Nixon Campaign Associates Are Caught Breaking Into Democratic Headquarters
“Whatever the motive for the ‘breaking and entering,’ it was not burglary, third rate or otherwise.”
Jun 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
June 16, 1938: Joyce Carol Oates Is Born June 16, 1938: Joyce Carol Oates Is Born
"Oates believes strongly in the authority of the individual’s experience of reality."
Jun 16, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over One Thousand June 15, 1904: The General Slocum, a Passenger Steamship, Sinks in the East River, Killing Over One Thousand
"The tragedy strain[s] the compassion of the mere reader to the point of numbness."
Jun 15, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac