How Radical Change Occurs: An Interview With Historian Eric Foner How Radical Change Occurs: An Interview With Historian Eric Foner
“Rights can be won, and rights can be taken away. Achievements are always vulnerable.”
Feb 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Mike Konczal
January 28, 1986: The Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes After Liftoff, Killing Seven Astronauts January 28, 1986: The Challenger Space Shuttle Explodes After Liftoff, Killing Seven Astronauts
What do you get when fall in love… with lucrative corporate boondoggles?
Jan 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Uncommon Catastrophes Uncommon Catastrophes
Reconsidering how the Middle East was transformed by World War I.
Jan 26, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Tom Finn
This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote
It’s time to start enforcing Section 2 of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Jan 21, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner
Bonfire of the Humanities Bonfire of the Humanities
Historians are losing their audience, and searching for the next trend won’t win it back.
Jan 21, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Mistakes Get Made Mistakes Get Made
Democracy floats on currents of change. Is it ever capable of managing them?
Jan 21, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Jackson Lears
January 18, 1919: The Peace Conference Convenes at Paris January 18, 1919: The Peace Conference Convenes at Paris
The Nation’s editor reports from the conference, where he laments the absence of women, workers and communists.
Jan 18, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
January 14, 2011: President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Flees Tunisia, Marking the First Victory of the Arab Spring January 14, 2011: President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali Flees Tunisia, Marking the First Victory of the Arab Spring
In the winter of 2011, a revolution begins across the Arab world when Tunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali resigns following protests against government abuse and corruption....
Jan 14, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
Less Is More Less Is More
The dense details in Berlin’s memorial museums overwhelm the stories they try to tell.
Jan 14, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty Liberalism Doesn’t Start With Liberty
In Edmund Fawcett’s new history, liberalism begins with capitalism and revolution.
Dec 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Katrina Forrester