Morse and the Telegraph Morse and the Telegraph
The great portrait painter and inventor who will forever be memorialized in a series of dots and dashes.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Frank Jewett Mather Jr.
A. Philip Randolph: Brotherhood Except for Negroes A. Philip Randolph: Brotherhood Except for Negroes
The head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters takes on FDR.
Jul 8, 2009 / Feature / Jonathan Daniels
Oswald Villard, the NAACP and The Nation Oswald Villard, the NAACP and The Nation
In 1909, when the founders of the NAACP needed help organizing their new civil rights group, they reached out to Oswald Garrison Villard, The Nation's future editor and owner.
Jul 2, 2009 / Feature / Flint Kellogg
Susan B. Anthony: The Good Fanatic Susan B. Anthony: The Good Fanatic
She was a fanatic but "a good fanatic" in the fight for women's freedom.
Jul 2, 2009 / Feature / Freda Kirchwey
Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale Hubbub and Stillness: The 2009 Venice Biennale
The funky chaos of the 2009 Venice Biennale.
Jul 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Back Talk: Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor Back Talk: Adam Phillips and Barbara Taylor
A conversation with the authors of On Kindness.
Jul 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Off Dead Center: William Appleman Williams Off Dead Center: William Appleman Williams
William Appleman Williams and the tragedy of American diplomacy.
Jul 1, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Greg Grandin
Ensign, Sanford and Multi-tasking Ensign, Sanford and Multi-tasking
Zipper trouble.
Jul 1, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
With Mercy for the Greedy With Mercy for the Greedy
Why do Frederick Seidel's champions consistently transform his weaknesses into virtues?
Jun 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Death of Cardozo The Death of Cardozo
He may have been one of the 'nine old men' of the Supreme Court, but he was a great old man.
Jun 25, 2009 / Feature / Oswald Garrison Villard