Army-McCarthy Hearings: Gentelmen’s Agreement Army-McCarthy Hearings: Gentelmen’s Agreement
With his farcical accusations against the Secretary of the Army, Tailgunner Joe meets his Waterloo.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Carey McWilliams
Synder-Gray: Fights and Flights in the Newspapers Synder-Gray: Fights and Flights in the Newspapers
Ruth Elder's oversea hop is acclaimed by the daily press as a triumph, although she fell more than six hundred miles short of her destination, and seems from the headlines to h...
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Silas Bent
Sputnik: Sattelite Hysteria and Moonstruck USA Sputnik: Sattelite Hysteria and Moonstruck USA
A little Russian satellite beeping in space causes mass hysteria on the ground.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Harlow Shapley
The Rosenberg Case The Rosenberg Case
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg get the death penalty for a crime that no one seems sure they committed.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / The Nation
The Bonus Army Scares Mr. Hoover The Bonus Army Scares Mr. Hoover
President Hoover's slim chance at re-election probably ended with his heavy-handed treatment of the unemployed veterans who came to Washington seeking relief.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Mauritz A. Hallgren
Moscow Looks at Dumbarton Oaks Moscow Looks at Dumbarton Oaks
Russia hopes the Dumbarton Oaks Conference will ensure peace.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Anna Louise Strong
Death of JFK: A Most Unstuffy Man Death of JFK: A Most Unstuffy Man
The author remembers his childhood friend Jack, who was about to leave a real mark on America when his life was cut short.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / H. Stuart Hughes
Theater on the Left Theater on the Left
The Federal Theatre Project presented plays that made audiences think. That's what made them so richly rewarding--but too dangerous for Congress to stomach.
Apr 22, 2009 / Feature / Charles R. Walker
Democracy, on Mic and on Camera Democracy, on Mic and on Camera
A new film offers a nuanced and inspiring portrait of the role hip-hop activists have played in the politics of Senegal.
Apr 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Cora Currier
Black Power: Mr. Charlie’s Puzzle Black Power: Mr. Charlie’s Puzzle
With SNCC's new chairman Stokely Carmichael and his chant for "black power" the civil rights movement takes on a different tone.
Apr 21, 2009 / Feature / The Editors